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June 11 · Issue #58 · View online
These are the best links and must-reads aggregated by Gerd Leonhard, Futurist & Humanist, Keynote Speaker, Author of 'Technology vs Humanity', Film-Maker (The Good Future) and CEO of The Futures Agency in Zürich / Switzerland.
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Greetings everyone, I hope you are well. Here are my best links and finds, this week with a special focus on Digital Ethics and what we need to do to stay human in a hyper-connected world. Thanks for reading my stuff and p ing me anytime if you need something:)) Be well and stay happy. Zurich / Switzerland
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Watch this first: The Future of Social Media. My recent keynote at NEC Ethics Forum 2021 Lisbon
“…today, the social media industry already has quite a few parallels to the oil, gas and coal business: while private make huge profits from extracting the ‘oil’ (i.e. user data), the external damage is left to society and governments to fix. This needs to change! In this keynote I make some precise suggestions as to how that could happen.”
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Next, read this: Too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing: Technology’s Future (also available in DE, ES, PT)
» Too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing: Technology’s Future - Why we must act now to ensure that exponential technological progress remains a benefit for humanity and the planet.
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Here is my pretty cool ELF Policy Paper on the Future of Europe: Capitalism, Technology and Sustainability
It was a great pleasure to contribute a virtual keynote at the European Liberal Forum, on March 20, 2021 and today I am delighted to be able to share my new Policy Paper
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Humans Vs Machines? Defining Our Digital Future. My Keynote At Sakharov Forum '21 AUDIO ONLY
Stream Humans Vs Machines Defining Our Digital Future. Gerd Leonhard Keynote At Sakharov Forum ‘21 . Video on YT.
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CNN Money Switzerland March 20 2018 Gerd Leonhard Interview on Social Media and Facebook on Vimeo
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Reimagining the Platform Economy | by Mariana Mazzucato, et al - Project Syndicate
“The combined market capitalization of the five largest US tech platforms – Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft – rose by $2.7 billion in 2020. Following the addition of Tesla to the S&P 500, the Big Six tech firms now represent nearly one-quarter of the index’s valuation. And with the spread of COVID-19, the leading digital platforms have become de facto essential service providers, enabling a mass transition to remote and isolated living.”
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How much revenue tech giants like Amazon and Apple make per minute https://t.co/cdN5yiPimn "Facebook ($925 billion market value) pulled in $201,936 of revenue per minute and $26.2 billion in total revenue for the first quarter of the year" It's time:: of social media.
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In space, no one will hear Bezos and Musk’s workers’ call for basic rights | Robert Reich | The Guardian
The bosses of Tesla and Amazon want to take humans to Mars and beyond – but won’t show basic humanity on Earth
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Peanut the Waiter Robot Is Proof That Your Job Is Safe | WIRED
Restaurants are struggling to hire people, so one Jersey Shore grill employed a machine. It confirms that humans remain indispensable.
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“We have already been through the equivalent of a social media pandemic – an unstoppable contagion that has sickened our information space, infected our public discourse, silently subverted our electoral systems.”
If you’re not terrified about FB... https://t.co/eYJGHiaCEY
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Keynote at Unashamedly Ethical: Why Digital Ethics is Existential
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Audio Version of Gerd's Keynote on Why ethics is existential
Stream Audio Version of Gerd’s Keynote on Why ethics is existential by FuturistGerd from desktop or your mobile device
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Daniel Kahneman: ‘Clearly AI is going to win. How people are going to adjust is a fascinating problem’ | Science and nature books | The Guardian
For many people, the encroachment of AI into the human sphere – and the rise of the new machine fueled by AI, algorithms, bots and big data – raises a discomfiting question: if machines can do everything, then how are humans going to make a living?
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The EU is considering a ban on AI for mass surveillance and social credit scores - The Verge
The creation of a “European Artificial Intelligence Board,” consisting of representatives from every nation-state, to help the commission decide which AI systems count as “high-risk” and to recommend changes to prohibitions
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AI is turning us into de facto cyborgs | VentureBeat
“If smartphone use is any indication, there is cause for worry. Nicolas Carr wrote in The Wall Street Journal about research suggesting our intellect weakens as our brain grows dependent on phone technology. Likely the same could be said for any information technology where content flows our way without us having to work to learn or discover on our own. If that’s true, then AI applications, which increasingly present content tailored to our specific interests, could create a self-reinforcing syndrome that not only locks us into our information bubbles through algorithmic editing, but also weakens our ability to engage in critical thought by spoon-feeding us what we already believe.”
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H-Eco event in Seoul: Circular economy only answer to post-pandemic world: Gerd Leonhard
Unlike for COVID-19, there is no vaccine for climate change. However, there is a treatment to prevent further damage – a circular economy that focuses on sharing, reusing and extending the life span of products rather than making mere profit, futurist Gerd Leonhard said in a keynote speech at H.eco Forum held Thursday. “We are going to have more money but there won’t be any planet to spend it on…*. Read this one, too.
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More cool stuff on my Media Splash Page
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Read more on "digital ethics" via GerdFeed
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All my 508 Blog Posts on Digital Ethics (!)
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» How did I become a Futurist, and what do I actually do?
Watch this short video:.)
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From my recent keynote at Investment Forum 2021
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