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My new film “The Good Future”
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...
Happiness is not a download, and technology is not what we seek, but how we seek.
8 years ago, when I started researching how we can define happiness, I repeatedly ran across a distinction between two different types of happiness. The first, hedonic...
18
Apr 2021
You won’t find happiness on a screen, via an app, or in the cloud
"Happiness cannot be acquired or purchased, and therefore would be impossible to stuff into an app, a bot, or some other machine"
26
Feb 2021
Must-Read Book by Rutger Bregman: Humankind – A Hopeful History (some shared highlights)
I am currently a really important book called HumanKind by Rutger Bregman that addresses an essential question I have debated with many people for a...
29
Jan 2021
The Future of Futurists and Futurism: my conversation with fellow futurists Glen Hiemstra and Anton Musgrave. Must watch.
What happens when 3 senior futurists get together and talk about their combined 75 years of experience, discuss how Covid-19 is changing their lives and...
07
Sep 2020
Happiness in the digital age: Free PDF, and MP3s: The complete 9th chapter of Gerd Leonhard’s book ‘Technology vs Humanity’!
As big tech simulates quick hits of hedonistic pleasure, how can we protect the deeper forms of happiness that involve empathy, compassion, and consciousness?
21
Feb 2020
Douglas Rushkoff’s must-read on ‘technology out of control’ – couldn’t have said it better myself!
"The next decade will determine whether we human beings have what it takes to rise to the occasion of our own, imposed obsolescence"
11
Jan 2020
New interview with Emily Miller (Netapp) and Futurist Gerd Leonhard: Defining an Ethical Path For Technology (video)
This is a pretty good conversation imho:). Thanks to NETAPP for asking me to speak at their events, and a special thanks to Emily Miller...
03
Jun 2019
We should challenge the cult of Singularity (says Joi Ito, Director MIT Media Lab)
The Director of the MIT Media Lab Joi Ito has a wonderful and thought-provoking post this week in WIRED. Pretty much on the same page...
08
May 2019
New podcast: Chapter 9 of Gerd Leonhard’s book Technology vs Humanity: on happiness
Is happiness programmable? Can technology further lasting human happiness? What is the difference between hedonism (short happiness bursts) and eudaemonia (lasting, deeper happiness)? In this...
19
Apr 2019
How efficient is your love? When AI beats Cupid (Betterhalf.ai in India)
Betterhalf.ai is an Indian company taking dating and relationships to its next level! Ravi Shankar Rajan wrote an interesting post on how AI is redefining...
04
Apr 2019
Is the Microsoft Hololens 2 creating a blurred vision of who and what we are?
Microsoft launched Hololens2 at the latest Mobile World Congress. Hololens2 are the upgrade to the original set of ‘mixed reality smartglasses' that utilize VR technology to...
09
Mar 2019
(in German): Neues Video: Gerd Leonhard Keynote am Tag der Lehre Uni Bern: Futurist Gerd Leonhard: Die Rolle der Hochschule in einer digitalisierten Zukunft
IN GERMAN / AUF DEUTSCH: meine Keynote an der Uni Bern am 15 Februar 2019: Reflektierter Umgang mit Digitalisierung: Hochschulbildung zwischen digitaler Transformation und akademischen...
06
Mar 2019
The currency of humanity (Joi Ito’s Practice of Change)
In late 2018, Joi Ito, Director MIT Media Lab presented his draft Phd. dissertation on the “Practice of Change“. Organised in 6 chapters, he articulates...
13
Jan 2019
Video compilation: the best moments from Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s 2018 keynotes – must watch!
2018 was an amazing year, with some really great gigs – over 100x in 30 countries. Now, my producer and art director Jean Francois...
08
Dec 2018
6 exciting new videos with short excerpts recent keynotes on Technology + Humanity, Big Data, Digital Ethics, Singularity, Skills of the Future and more!
Thanks to Netapp for inviting me to speak and for making the video footage available! Download all videos as MP4 files via the GerdCloud. Subscribe...
21
Nov 2018
Futurist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard on-stage: short videos with best quotes on humanity and technology (#4 and 5)
These 2 short videos just went live, featuring some nice nuggets from a recent talk. On the shift toward creative jobs, EQ over IQ #4...
20
Nov 2018
Free book excerpt from ‘Navigating the digital age’ by PaloAltoNetworks: The Ethics of Technology and the Future of Humanity
I'm very excited about my contribution to this amazing new book that was just published by Palo Alto Networks, entitled ‘Navigating the digital age' (yes,...
