“According to a 2015 U.N. study, the world is expected to have a population of about 8.5 billion people in 2030 — about a 15 percent increase in the size of humanity in just 15 years. India will have surpassed China to become the world’s most populous nation, while demographers forecast a pronounced population surge in sub-Saharan Africa, which will soon be home to the world’s most youthful societies. The number of megacities may double by the end of the decade, with close to two-thirds of humanity living in urban centers…”

To arrive at the edge of the world’s knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ask each other the questions they are asking themselves. (Larry Brilliant rocks)

In the next 10 years, key technologies will converge to completely disrupt the five foundational sectors—information, energy, food, transportation, and materials—that underpin our global economy. We need to make sure the disruption benefits everyone.

OpenAI has trained a piece of software, known as Dall-E, to generate images from short text captions. Read more. Watch.

Covid-19 has been the third major disruption to globalisation within the past twelve years. The pandemic will not kill globalisation off, but it will deepen …

“It was supposed to be a radical rethinking of capitalism, but it’s become a mere accounting tool…”

Optimistic predictions for the future drawn from experts around the world.

The threat of the pandemic actually helped push through the European Green Deal.

Take action on climate change at http://countdown.ted.com.“This decade is a moment of choice unlike any we have ever lived,” says Christiana Figueres, the ar…

Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data. He has technology and a start-up pursuing that goal. Can he succeed?

Our black swan year of crisis and calamity, plague and polarization, is over. And in 2021, there are reasons for optimism, not least as countries around the world roll out the first phases of coronavirus vaccine plans. But the broader picture could yet be quite grim.

What does the future of food look like? What will we eat in the future? Explore how the food industry is about to change and discover the trends shaping the food production.

Technology is radically transforming the world of work. But despite AI’s rapid advancements, robots will never be able to do everything humans can. Saadia Za…

A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next.

What is the circular economy? What does it look like in practice? Who’s doing it now? And how can you get involved? This week, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation…

Amid new challenges such as climate change and the rise of digital campaigners, it is becoming increasingly clear the NGO sector MUST urgently reinvent itself

What top tips do CEOs have on how NGOs can respond to a changing world? Five executives shared their best tips.

NGOs in Geneva may have been relatively spared by the pandemic in the short term but the funding outlook is bleak, according to a survey.

Thanks to the IEEE Global Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things 2020IEEE Global Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things…

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In his input, Gerd will take us on the path of “Total transformation: what to expect in the next 10 years – and what the impact on international cooperation will be”. Gerd is convinced that “the future is better than we think”.

El futurista Gerd Leonhard habló sobre la automatización y la ética en la tecnología. | Novedades Tecnología | ElTiempo.com