Is a ‘Jobless Future’ Possible?
The way Hod Lipson describes his Creative Machines Lab captures his ambitions: “We are interested in robots that create and are creative.”… So, is a ‘jobless future’ what technology has in store for...
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Video & slides: Gerd Leonhard at CEO Clubs Greece on the future of Europe &...
Watch Gerd Leonhard speak about digital transformation and the future of Greece and Europe. Thanks to Georgia Katsanis and CEO Clubs Greece for making this video available. Download the slides at...
View ArticleHow corporations capture and shatter college graduates
Elsewhere, at this vulnerable, mutable, pivotal moment, undergraduates must rely on their own wavering resolve to resist peer pressure, the herd instinct, the allure of money, flattery, prestige and...
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IoT could be worth $11T per year
Our bottom-up analysis for the applications we size estimates that the IoT has a total potential economic impact of $3.9 trillion to $11.1 trillion a year by 2025. Read more from McKinsey & Company...
View ArticleWhat is the Servitude Bubble?
I’m going to call it a Servitude Bubble. For the simple reason that it is largely based on creating armies of servants. You can call them whatever buzzwords you like — “tech-enabled always-on...
View ArticlePlatform Capitalism
Some prominent critics even speak of “platform capitalism” – a broader transformation of how goods and services are produced, shared and delivered. Instead of the tired conventional model, with...
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The Futures Agency CEO Gerd Leonhard in the 2015 WIRED 100
We are thrilled at The Futures Agency as our CEO Gerd Leonhard is listed in the 2015 WIRED 100 index, including the 100 most influential people in technology innovation across Europe. Here’s what’s...
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Who Benefits from the Peer-to-Peer Economy?
According to Economic Modeling Specialists International, the number of freelance workers in the U.S. grew from 20 million in 2001 to 32 million in 2014. Freelance work now comprises almost 18 percent...
View ArticleRoss Dawson on The Future of News (video)
In our series “The Futures Agency Speakers Videos“, here’s a presentation by TFA speaker Ross Dawson on The Future of News. From the person who created the Newspaper Extinction Timeline, this...
View ArticleDigital Transformation in FinTech – Interview Gerd Leonhard & Yuri Van Geest...
In our series “The Futures Agency Speakers Videos“, here’s an interview with TFA CEO Gerd Leonhard and TFA speaker Yuri van Geest on digital transformation in the banking and financial sectors. Posted...
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The Future of Work and Business – Keynote by TFA CEO and Futurist Speaker...
In our series “The Futures Agency Speakers Videos“, here’s a great keynote by TFA’s CEO Gerd Leonhard on the Future of Work and Business. This is the complete keynote presentation at the IBM...
View ArticleStar Trek Economics
I grew up watching “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (easily the best of the Star Trek shows). There’s one big, obvious thing missing from the future society depicted in the program. No one is doing...
View ArticleThe influence of Technology on the Wealth Gap
How much is technology progress responsible for the creation of the wealth gap? In an era where economic policymaking skews strongly toward free-market forces, London School of Economics professor...
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The Futures Agency CEO Gerd Leonhard’s keynote on Artificial Intelligence...
“AI as Service”: watch this Keynote on Architecting Intelligence by The Futures Agency’s CEO and Futurist Speaker Gerd Leonhard at Envestnet AI Conference 2015 in Trivandrum India. Exclusively for...
View ArticleRoboter sind die besseren Chefs (guest post by Tim Cole – in German)
Bei Robotern denken die meisten Menschen wahlweise an riesige Maschinen mit Greifarmen, die in Autofabriken in Reih und Glied stehen und dort Schwerstarbeit verrichten, oder an kleine Haushaltsroboter...
View ArticleBaidu reveals its AI for health
AskADoctor in English, is one of the earliest AI apps to emerge from Baidu’s deep-learning division since it hired Andrew Ng, a renowned data scientist and former marquee researcher at Google. And it’s...
View ArticleThe hidden cost of free internet in South Africa
Data remains an expensive luxury in Africa but free internet may not come free Excellent insightful article from Indra de Lanerolle on The Conversation last week on the hidden cost of a free internet...
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How Artificial Intelligence Will Revolutionise Our Lives
On one hand, it may help cure cancer and let robots rather than humans fight wars; on the other, doctors and lawyers may be out of a job. We may not be aware of it, but machine learning is already an...
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What exactly is the Internet of Things? #IoT
One of the best resources on the Internet of Things can be found on Postscapes.com. The website includes lots of information on the subject: articles, books, websites, media, organisations, events, and...
View ArticleAl Gore’s new version of capitalism
A growing number of economists warn that ever shorter time horizons are destroying businesses and entire economies. Since the publication of An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore has become a partner in the...
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