This is a free online event; just sign up via Eventbrite (yes, I know - that day is a holiday here in Europe - somehow I missed that one, sorry about that). You can join live via LinkedIn or Youtube (more details at GerdTalks.com)

A new series of fast-moving and impactful compilations of my most important bottom lines, key statements and memes from the past 3 years. Here’s #2 - Green is the new Digital. Download all via Vimeo.

This is the complete recording of my keynote at Türk Eğitim Derneği’s annual event in Ankara / Turkey. This was a very interesting event (featuring some pretty cool extra-wide-screen content, as well!)

These days, democracy seems increasingly under fire - declining globally - and stability is threatened by autocrats. What’s next for Democracy? This was the topic for GerdTalks episode 5.

The same information revolution that brought us Netflix, podcasts and the knowledge of the world in our smartphone-gripping hands has also undermined American democracy

In a rising number of countries, citizens profess a lack of faith in parliaments, the media, police, courts, and governing and opposition parties alike.

The focus on money no longer makes sense today, when the resources needed to solve challenges have shifted from factories to knowledge and creativity.

Democracy isn’t an institution – it’s a practice that becomes stronger through use. The key to defeating Trump lies in mobilising ordinary people to articulate their real needs.

120 countries, or 71.8%, registered a decline or stagnation in their average score in 2021.

Freedom in the World 2022 finds that autocracy is making gains against democracy and encouraging more leaders to abandon the democratic path to security and prosperity, with countries that suffered democratic declines over the past year outnumbering those that improved by more than two to one.

Capitalism as we know it is unfit for the future. Our obsession with profit and growth at all costs is bound to kill us - we need to switch from EgoSystems to Ecosystems…. (all 10 episodes of my new Why-Series are here)

Since the beginning of the Internet, the concept of ‘cyberspace’ and ‘online worlds’ has been a constant theme and the subject of numerous famous science fiction plots, as well as the core objective of many startups. Given that we are now living in the era of exponential progress, science fiction is increasingly becoming science fact. Virtualisation is the inevitable future of everything, yet dehumanisation…

THE GREAT REDUCTION: The so-called Metaverse might well be a ‘nirvana’ for business, big tech and commerce but it may also be boldest attempt yet to replace actual human relationships and experiences with highly monetizable simulations, reducing complex human…

I have been very busy creating a new talk on the future of AR, VR and the Metaverse. This is a super-hot topic with many both exciting as well as quite a few pretty worrisome angles. Find out more. All posts on this topic are here.

The Metaverse could be heaven for business, commerce, big tech and big state, but hell for humans and society. It could turn out to be ‘everything we’ve ever dreamed of but little of what we really need’.,,,

My new live-streamed show featuring 15-minute presentations followed by a live q&a session, and occasionally a special guest as well!

» 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. Gerd Leonhard, Futurist & Humanist. Zurich, Switzerland May 17 2021. Also published on Cognitive World. Portuguese version here. German version here. Spanish version here. Related: read…

We tried something entirely new and recorded a powerful, personal conversation on how we can design what I call “The Good Future”. This very special video is now available with subtitles…

Thanks to fellow futurist Ross Dawson!

Beyond Knowledge: How Technology Is Driving an Age of Consciousness - Kindle edition by Bill Halal. More must-read books here.

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

What if we could transform the material that built the modern world from a climate wrecker into a carbon sponge?

My favorite futurist tells me how to beat Putin, solve climate change, and build the future

The popular Dutch historian argues about the not-so-selfish human gene

Reactor-grown nuggets, human-edited genetic code, and new mRNA technologies could change our relationship to life itself.

Ouch… dystopia shield on!

Technology is a key driver of change that matters for all the big problems that we consider in this publication.

Long Now continues our dialog with the acclaimed writer Kim Stanley Robinson around COP26 and his most recent book “The Ministry for the Future”. Tickets for…

On September 9, 2009, James D. Watson, a Nobel Prize winner for his role in the discovery of the of the structure of DNA, and Edward O. Wilson, a pioneer in …

Bill Gates’ “Information At Your Fingertips” keynote speech for Comdex 1995 became the basis for his book The Road Ahead, predicting the next decade in techn…

DALL·E 2 is a new AI system that can create realistic images and art from a description in natural language.Learn more: openai.com/dall-e-2

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Noam Chomsky: “We’re approaching the most dangerous point in human history”US professor, Noam Chomsky now 93, joins George Eaton to discuss the Ukraine Russ…

Augmented reality allows us to spend more time focusing on what matters in the real world, in our real lives. It can break down communication barriers — and …

Hilarious. Mick Jagger is totally amazing!

Links galore:)

Riffing off chapter 7 of my Technology vs Humanity book

My new Padlet with loads of good links on this topic