Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s Keynote at IAAMobility 2021: Digitisation, Decarbonization and Reformation
This was my first large REAL-LIFE (i.e. not virtual) event since late February 2020 (when the Covid19 crisis started)
This was my first large REAL-LIFE (i.e. not virtual) event since late February 2020 (when the Covid19 crisis started)
Via The New York Times
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The future is not something that just happens to us - it is something we create every single day, by action or by inaction. Whether the future is good or bad is entirely up to us. As we see the future, so we act, as we act so we become!
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what’s happening with ...
Some of Futurist Gerd's best slides and images used in recent virtual keynotes, with time-coded video links
Ain't that the truth
The number of countries announcing pledges to achieve net-zero emissions over the coming decades continues to grow. But the pledges by governments to date – even if fully achieved – fall well short of what is required to bring global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050 and give the world an even chance of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5 °C.
“Technology can do great things, but it does not WANT ...
I quite liked this new Accenture report – have a ...
I am here to tell the story of The Good Future. I believe in a future where the power of human ingenuity, science and technology solves our biggest problems. I also believe that humans are basically kind and capable of collaboration (read 'human kind' by Rutger Bregman! )
What can we expect for 2021, and beyond? Amidst massive ...
That was a nice conversation, also with David Houle.
Must-read on Climate Change Action.
Demasiado de algo bueno puede ser muy malo: El futuro de la tecnología. Por qué debemos actuar ahora para garantizar que el progreso tecnológico exponencial siga siendo un beneficio para la humanidad y el planeta