As a prep session for my upcoming film, I recently produced a more intimate interview session in my living room, outlining what I call the 4P’s framework: People, Planet, Purpose, and Prosperity, and why I see it as critical for ensuring a better future for humanity. In this video I discuss a wide range of topics: what kind of methods I use to formulate my key foresights, why we are truly at the pivot point of exponential change, and why capitalism (as we know it) is unfit for the future, and much more.

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With reason, we tend to focus on the huge and growing wealth gap between the ultrarich and the middle class and poor in rich countries like the U.S. But a much bigger gap exists between even the relatively less well-off in the developed world and most of humanity.

How software-led disruption is shaping the future of food

Getting past the cult of Genius and the bleakness of capitalist futurism. Powerful piece - made me think (I’ve been a Elon fan for too long, maybe)

While Covid-19 has been incredibly challenging for society as a whole, it has also managed to bring together several biomedical technologies that will transform human health as we know it.

Incredible demo with Microsoft’s Alex Kipman discussing their new Microsoft Mesh mixed reality platform.

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted weaknesses of the international order, said the report, which is issued every four years.

The Education Sector Needs Fundamental Reform

In 1962, Buckminster Fuller delivered a prophetic lecture at SIU on the future of education aimed at “solving problems by design competence instead of by political reform.”

It turned out to be a prescient vision for online education decades before the web as we know it, and half a century before the golden age of MOOCs, with elements of TED and Pandora mixed in.

Technology trends that will impact our lives in 2021. Tech trends will dominate 2021. The most important tech trends of 2021.

Digital is taking over the world and money is no different. A ‘space race’ is underway in digital money with central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) on the policy agenda, Big Tech ambitions in the space, and crypto becoming increasingly popular, albeit more as a digital asset than a transaction currency for now….

» Why Capitalism as we know it is unfit for the Future - Written by Gerd Leonhard and Matt Ward Covid-19 has accelerated the demise of traditional corporate capitalism 2019 was a year of great prosperity and innovation, with stock markets booming, democracy largely thriving (well, apart from what went down in Trump’s USA), and unemployment at near-record…

According to the Portuguese government – in the so-called ‘Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality 2050’ – carbon neutrality is economically and technologically feasible and is based on reducing emissions between 85% and 90% by 2050 and offsetting remaining emissions by ensuring agricultural and forestry carbon sequestration capacity of around 13 million tonnes.

Between the lines: According to the U.N., the world is on track for at least 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 Fahrenheit) of warming by 2100 if countries stick to their current Paris emissions targets. Scientists warn that this could cause catastrophic consequences, such as the accelerated melting of polar ice sheets

Shipping is the backbone of the global economy, carrying more than 80% of the world’s traded goods. But it also accounts for almost 3% of man-made carbon dioxide emissions. If the world’s ships are going to hit targets for reducing emissions, they’ll need to start burning clean fuel by 2030. The question is, which one(s)?

Capitalism is on a collision course with human life and the future of our planet. Each year, air pollution takes more lives than smoking. Oil companies knew 50 years ago the huge damage they were doing. And their motive to ignore it hasn’t changed.

The ex-governor of the Bank of England is now a key figure in international climate action talks, and he says, “Progress requires radically reimagining how financial markets value nature.”

In this talk, I comment on the Covid-19 “Infodemic” and what it means for the future of (social) media and technology regulation, and describe what challenges to our economic and social models may emerge. I outline my key ‘definitive future’ foresights such as the End of Oil and Global Decarbonization, the dawning ‘human renaissance’ and the imminent action on global warming. I also present my ‘preferred futures’ such as a sustainable capitalism (people planet purpose and prosperity), the rise of digital ethics and a new multilateralism.

» Language Teaching and Education after Covid-19: Audio Podcast of my Keynote at KOTESOL 2021 - How to develop a Future Mindset? Why the end of routine does not mean the end of work and why smart machines will not replace great English teachers, were some of the topics I discussed at KOTESOL 2021 Virtual International Conference https://soundcloud.com/gleonhard/the-next-10-years-impact-on-els-language-education-futureofwork-gerd-leonhard-keynote-kotesol2021 The next 10…

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Initators Glen Hiemstra, Futurist/Speaker Gerd Leonhard, Futurist/Speaker David Houle, Futurist/Speaker Official Signatories Larry Brilliant, Epidemiologist  & Technologist Philip Kotler, Kellogg School of Management Howard Bloom, Bestselling Author Edie Weiner, Futurist David Brin, Science Fiction Writer and Futurist Brenda Cooper, Author, Futurist Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo and Nebula Award winning Science Fiction writer Anton Musgrave, Futurist…