| GreetingsFirst: I have made a short film. A film on a very important subject: how technology is impacting humanity. Watch “Technology versus humanity” on my blog, or directly on Youtube or on Facebook. I would love to hear what you think, of course – and if you like the film please share it as widely as possible.BEST FINDS
The Great Decoupling: An Interview with Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee via HBR
“Today’s digital innovations are doing for brainpower what the steam engine, and related, technologies did for muscle power during the Industrial Revolution.”
What If You Didn't Have to Work for Money? via The Atlantic
“Ford cautions against what he calls the ‘libertarian/techno-optimistic fantasy’ of a private market solution. Government, for all its deficiencies, is going to be the only real tool in the toolbox here.’”
Silicon Valley is Lying to You via GQ
“Facebook’s stated mission, it reminds us ceaselessly, is to “connect the whole world”—a sappy global village philosophy that dovetails nicely with data mining and targeting ads”
MORE GOOD READS
Fossil fuel companies getting $10m a minute in subsidies, says IMF – Via The Guardian
“The IMF calls the revelation “shocking” and says the figure is an “extremely robust” estimate of the true cost of fossil fuels. The $5.3tn subsidy estimated for 2015 is greater than the total health spending of all the world’s governments.”
What Hollywood can teach us about the future of work – via The New York Times
“This short-term, project-based business structure is an alternative to the corporate model, in which capital is spent up front to build a business, which then hires workers for long-term, open-ended jobs that can last for years, even a lifetime.”
Top 10 implantable wearables soon to be in your body via WT VOX
Implantable smartphones, healing chips, pills that talk to your doctor and more…
MY RECENT WORK
- Join me on 23 June in London for a panel with Rohit Talwar and Gray Scott as we discuss ideas from The Future of Business book. Get tickets soon while they last!
Last, but certainly not least, we're quite pleased to announce a new TFA member. Welcome, K D Adamson, to The Futures Agency! To discover more about her, visit her TFA profile page. |
