Marc Andreessen’s “Why AI Will Save the World”: A Reductionist, Self-Serving Ode to Singularity
I'm super-worried after reading Marc Andreessen's latest piece (June 6, ...
I'm super-worried after reading Marc Andreessen's latest piece (June 6, ...
Even in its current rudimentary form, A.I. has become a way for a company to evade responsibility by saying that it’s just doing what “the algorithm” says, even though it was the company that commissioned the algorithm in the first place.
The Good Future Project: we have 10 years to make it happen!
“People are exhausted by the pandemic, they’re terribly disillusioned by the government,” said Anusha Narayanan, climate campaign director for Greenpeace USA, the environmental group known for its guerrilla tactics but now struggling to mobilize supporters. She added: “People see climate as a tomorrow problem. We have to make them see it’s not a tomorrow problem.”
A special Gerdtalks show with Aline Frankfort, Shapership Leader, Visiting Professor, Club Of Rome Member: Why there is hope for the future!
This is a special Gerd Talks show with guest Bill Halal (GWU, Techcast, Author) on the coming era of Global Consciousness and Bill's latest book "Beyond Knowledge".
Inequality is a key reason why people lose faith in democracy.
These days, democracy seems increasingly under fire -declining globally- and stability is threatened by autocrats. What's next in Democracy?
"Facebook is acting like a hostile foreign power; it’s time we treated it that way." Adrienne LaFrance / Via 'The Atlantic' (my high-lights)
“THE SPEEDY development of covid-19 vaccines speaks to the best ...
Warum wir jetzt handeln müssen, um sicherzustellen, dass der exponentielle ...
‘The European Union wants to become the world's super-regulator in ...
In this talk, I comment on the Covid-19 "Infodemic" and what it means for the future of (social) media and technology regulation, and describe what challenges to our economic and social models may emerge. I outline my key ‘definitive future’ foresights such as the End of Oil and Global Decarbonization, the dawning 'human renaissance' and the imminent action on global warming. I also present my ‘preferred futures’ such as a sustainable capitalism (people planet purpose and prosperity), the rise of digital ethics and a new multilateralism.
Covid-19 Has Accelerated the Demise of Traditional Capitalism 2019 was a year of great prosperity and innovation, with stock markets booming, democracy thriving (well, maybe not quite in the US;), and unemployment at near record lows throughout much of the developed world. But then, Covid-19 struck and changed everything as half the world went into lock-down, economies and supply chains ground to a halt, unemployment skyrocketed, and the world suffered its greatest health/humanitarian crisis since World War II.
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How to develop a Future Mindset? Why the end of routine does not mean the end of work...
SUSTAINABLE IS THE NEW PROFITABLE. GREEN IS THE NEW DIGITAL. ...