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May 24 · Issue #68 · 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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In any case, here are my latest finds and must-reads. I hope you enjoy my curation, and I look forward to your feedback. And who knows, maybe we can even meet in the meatspace i.e. in-person sometime, somewhere! Cheers from Zurich Gerd
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THIS THURSDAY: Join me on May 26 6pm CET / 9am PST for my live-stream show on "New Realities": AR, MR, VR & the Metaverse. GerdTalks Episode # 9
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)
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What you need to know about the Future: Episodes 1 and 2 are now live.
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.
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Digital Obesity? Technology/Humanity and the Future of Education. My recent LIVE Keynote at TedMem Ankara.
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!)
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The Future of Democracy: GerdTalks Episode 5 Live-Stream Recording
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The Future of Democracy: Gerdtalks #5- the video and the slides
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.
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How to Keep the Rising Tide of Fake News From Drowning Our Democracy | The New York Times
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
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The War on Democracy | Essay by Madeleine Albright (RiP)
In a rising number of countries, citizens profess a lack of faith in parliaments, the media, police, courts, and governing and opposition parties alike.
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The ‘democratic enterprise’ will redefine our society | Fortune (by Bill Halal, see book mention below)
The focus on money no longer makes sense today, when the resources needed to solve challenges have shifted from factories to knowledge and creativity.
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In an era of rightwing populism, we cannot destroy democracy in order to save it | Jeff Sparrow | The Guardian
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.
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Global democracy rating hits new low | Axios
120 countries, or 71.8%, registered a decline or stagnation in their average score in 2021.
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NEW REPORT: Authoritarian Rule Challenging Democracy as Dominant Global Model | Freedom House
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.
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Related content: Why we are moving into a new era of Capitalism. My new WhySeries Episode #10
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)
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More datamining and more addiction. Just what we need!
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First, watch this: The Future of Virtuality. AR, MR, VR & Metaverse: My keynote at MMA Impact India 2022 (last week!)
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…
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Now, read this: The Great Reduction: My take on the Metaverse (or should we say, the MetaPERverse)
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…
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» New Realities: Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality – and the Metaverse
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.
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Metaverse...or Metaperverse? (my new micro-site)
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’.,,,
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GerdTalks by Futurist Gerd Leonhard
My new live-streamed show featuring 15-minute presentations followed by a live q&a session, and occasionally a special guest as well!
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The Good Future Explained: Digitization, Decarbonisation, Reformation
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Too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing: Technology’s Future (imho, one of my best pieces on this topic)
» 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…
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“A conversation about The Good Future”: Videos now with ENG, PT, ES and FR subtitles
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…
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That's a great podcast! Gerd Leonhard on understanding between the lines, his favourite apps and tools, sharing bookmarks and tags, keynote storylines, and using visual catalogs (Ep19)
Thanks to fellow futurist Ross Dawson!
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My hottest read right now: Beyond Knowledge: How Technology Is Driving an Age of Consciousness eBook : Halal, William E.: Kindle Store
Beyond Knowledge: How Technology Is Driving an Age of Consciousness - Kindle edition by Bill Halal. More must-read books here.
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2022 Tech Trends | The Future Today Institute
Technology trends that will impact our lives in 2021. Tech trends will dominate 2021. The most important tech trends of 2021.
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The Race to Reinvent Cement (wow!!)
What if we could transform the material that built the modern world from a climate wrecker into a carbon sponge?
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Enlightening interview with fellow futurist Ramez Naam
My favorite futurist tells me how to beat Putin, solve climate change, and build the future
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Encouraging: "Believing in the good of humanity is a revolutionary act: Rutger Bregman"
The popular Dutch historian argues about the not-so-selfish human gene
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Welcome to the (Synthetic) Meatspace | WIRED
Reactor-grown nuggets, human-edited genetic code, and new mRNA technologies could change our relationship to life itself.
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The Twitter Surveillance State — The New Atlantis
Ouch… dystopia shield on!
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Technological Change - Our World in Data
Technology is a key driver of change that matters for all the big problems that we consider in this publication.
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Kim Stanley Robinson | Climate Futures: Beyond 02022
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…
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Looking Back Looking Forward: A Conversation with James D Watson and Edward O Wilson
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 …
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The Road Ahead - Bill Gates Comdex Keynote 1995
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…
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DALL·E 2 Explained
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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AUTOMATICA - Robots Vs. Music - Nigel Stanford
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Noam Chomsky FULL INTERVIEW: on Ukraine, Brexit and “the most dangerous time in world history”
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…
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Breaking down language barriers with augmented reality | Google (more hopeful AR miracles:))
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 …
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“Spot Me Up” | The Rolling Stones & Boston Dynamics
Hilarious. Mick Jagger is totally amazing!
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The Future of Work: my public dropmark folder
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Digital Obesity: Technology vs Humanity
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The Future of Education
My new Padlet with loads of good links on this topic
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