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NEAR FUTURE

Perspectives from the intersection of technology and humanity

My film “Twice upon a Time”: New edit with only the Good 2030!

This is a special new edit of my recent film Twice Upon a Time see https://futuristgerd.com/sharing/... and https://youtu.be/BanqTNbTotU We received a lot of feedback about the 'lousy 2030' part being a bit too long and dystopian so we figured we'd also offer a new edit that features only the good 2030 aka #thegoodfuture :) I hope you enjoy this version; if so, please be sure to subscribe and share it widely! This film is a passionate call for action to everyone - we must act now to ensure the good future. Our attitude contains our future, and the choices we make today create our future. We are to be architects of the future - not its victims (Buckminster Fuller).

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What You Need to Know Episode #3: Why we should be optimistic about the future. New video by futurist Gerd Leonhard.

What kind of future do we want for our children? What kind of ancestor will we be? So you may ask: How do we maintain HOPE and a positive outlook in a world that (right now, in August 2022) seems to go from bad to worse - climate emergency, war, inflation, food crises, energy crises, fake news, disinformation and the global decline of democracy. Yet, riffing off Kevin Kelly's protopia I derive hope from the fact that while our problems seem to be increasing, our capacity to deal with them is increasing even faster.

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Special Podcast: Rebalancing Our World – A Call to the Purpose Generation. Estoril Conferences 2022 Panel Preview with Gerd Leonhard

For the Estoril Conferences perspective, it’s important to position the main theme this year Rebalancing Our World: A Call to The Purpose Generation and topics we are bringing for this year agenda For Planet, For People, For Peace. Gerd Leonhard will be connected in the People agenda in the panel debate on What To Do Now That We Have The Power To Reach Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere? where we want to engage in a conversation focused on how to bring purpose for technology design and use it for the good, what do we need to do to change in the next 10 years and protect our species, what future do we want for the next generations (our sons), challenges with regard to ethical issues ranging from privacy concerns to cybercrime, to bring more humane future leaders and a more peaceful future.

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