April 4, 2021
Clegg and Facebook
https://www.exponentialview.co/p/ev-316 evolves. Clegg also raises important questions about who gets to set the guardrails for these types of discussions. “Should a private company be intervening to shape the ideas that flow across its systems, above and beyond the prevention of serious harms like incitement to violence and harassment...
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April 3, 2021
Vodafone unveils ‘Together We Can’ as new global brand positioning | Marketing | Campaign Asia
https://www.campaignasia.com/article/vodafone-unveils-together-we-can-as-new-global-brand-positioning/468700 Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com gerd@thefuturesagency.com
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April 3, 2021
(18) How the biological revolution is changing what we eat — and more - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiVE3lH4DyM Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com gerd@thefuturesagency.com
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April 2, 2021
My Future of Europe Policy Paper via the ELF
and be sure to watch. https://youtu.be/cC-nvWdnNTM Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com gerd@thefuturesagency.com
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March 30, 2021
“Capitalism is on a collision course with human life and the future of our planet. Each year, air pollution takes more lives than smoking: the last estimate suggests 8.8m deaths across the world, compared with 7m from cigarettes”
“Capitalism is on a collision course with human life and the future of our planet. Each year, air pollution takes more lives than smoking: the last estimate suggests 8.8m deaths across the world, compared with 7m from cigarettes” The planet cannot survive our remorseless pursuit of profit | Oil | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.co...
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March 28, 2021
The fantastic business of the future
https://www.macleans.ca/economy/business/the-fantastic-business-of-the-future/ The fantastic business of the future Rather than inspiring staff or communities to change, futurists too often let their findings end up in the hands of a “single policy-maker curled up in his office, reading a white paper,” Haldenby says. “The last two gene...
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March 28, 2021
Ahead by a Decade: Employment in 2030 – Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship
https://brookfieldinstitute.ca/report/ahead-by-a-century-employment-in-2030/ good read
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March 27, 2021
The Future of Post-Secondary Education: On Campus, Online and On Demand
https://thoughtleadership.rbc.com/the-future-of-post-secondary-education-on-campus-online-and-on-demand/ Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com
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March 27, 2021
Pharma futures
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/03/27/bright-side-of-the-moonshots If drug development is more targeted on instructing cells what to do, rather than finding novel molecules against specific proteins, some of the know-how on which old-style pharma is based will be less relevant. Firms will need new pricing models and a new focus ...
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March 27, 2021
Apple’s Move to Block User Tracking Spawns New Digital Ad Strategies
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-move-to-block-user-tracking-spawns-new-digital-ad-strategies-11616751001 Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com gerd@thefuturesagency.com
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March 27, 2021
“takes 20 years to become an overnight success.”
“takes 20 years to become an overnight success.” Bright side of the moonshots https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/03/27/bright-side-of-the-moonshots via Instapaper Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com gerd@thefuturesagency.com
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March 27, 2021
The 5 hour rule of learning
Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com gerd@thefuturesagency.com
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March 27, 2021
Carbon tax Portugal
Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com gerd@thefuturesagency.com
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March 27, 2021
Progress due to Covid
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/03/27/bright-side-of-the-moonshots The spate of data, experiments and insights has had profound effects on the pandemic—and, indeed, on the future of medicine. It is also an inspiration. Around the world, scientists have put aside their own work in order to do their bit against a common foe. Jealo...
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March 27, 2021
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/03/27/bright-side-of-the-moonshots
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/03/27/bright-side-of-the-moonshots Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com gerd@thefuturesagency.com
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March 22, 2021
“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.”
“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.” Axios Future https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-046cfdf8-b...
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March 22, 2021
“R. Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome and several other spectacular things, wrote a book in 1969 called “Utopia or Oblivion: the Prospects for Humanity.” In it he suggested that in several decades humanity would come to a fork in the road, the two roads being utopia and abundance on one side and a mindless road to oblivion on the other.”
“R. Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome and several other spectacular things, wrote a book in 1969 called “Utopia or Oblivion: the Prospects for Humanity.” In it he suggested that in several decades humanity would come to a fork in the road, the two roads being utopia and abundance on one side and a mindless road to obliv...
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March 22, 2021
Future of Higher Education
https://www.universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/7-university-leaders-contemplate-the-future-of-higher-education-in-canada/ Ken Steele, higher education strategist and president, Eduvation Inc. I see the development of increasingly personalized and customized programs, modes of delivery and student services as universities con...
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March 22, 2021
What I’ve Learned From the Pandemic Year - WSJ. some good reads!
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-ive-learned-from-the-pandemic-year-11616096261?mod=series_covidsymposium Tom Hanks: Never Play Solitaire Again The virus has taught us that life and health are precarious and we must not squander precious time If in the past year you played solitaire, even a single game, you wasted that time. Take it f...
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March 22, 2021
More on Capitalism
Covid-19 has accelerated the demise of traditional corporate capitalism https://www.futuristgerd.com/2021/03/capitalism-as-we-know-it-is-unfit-for-the-future/ 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 n...
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March 22, 2021
The Future of Capitalism
New #longread: “Why #Capitalism as we know it is unfit for the Future" Written by #futurist Gerd Leonhard @gleonhard and @mattwardio Covid-19 has accelerated the demise of traditional corporate capitalism” https://gerd.fm/2OWOUPJ
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March 21, 2021
Future Proof Careers
EVERYOne is offering future-proofing now:)) “ Let Fast Company Help You Flourish. Limited-time offer: Sample leading-edge online courses for free, no strings attached! $79 value START YOUR FREE COURSE What does it take to get ahead of the field in today’s challenging business environment? Standout skills that can catapult you to succes...
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March 21, 2021
“Since time immemorial, many students have invoked cliches to compose the most terrible essays. Maybe the GPT-3 text generator can help them. It certainly can't do any worse, right?”
“Since time immemorial, many students have invoked cliches to compose the most terrible essays. Maybe the GPT-3 text generator can help them. It certainly can't do any worse, right?” This AI neural network writes college essays better than students | Boing Boing https://boingboing.net/2021/03/17/this-ai-neural-network-writes-college-es...
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March 21, 2021
Mark Carney — a chance to reboot globalisation | Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/content/85939eef-8427-49b6-9640-ea8f34a5fcf0 Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com gerd@thefuturesagency.com
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March 20, 2021
The Fork in The Road Project
Together with 2 fellow futurists and initiators, Glen Hiemstra and David Houle, I recently started an exciting new project named after Buckminster Fuller's meme "The Fork in the Road". The idea of The Fork In The Road Project is to use bold futuristic narratives, deep foresight and unique story-telling approaches to dramatically accele...
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March 18, 2021
Bucky on Humans
"Humans beings always do the most intelligent thing…after they’ve tried every stupid alternative and none of them have worked" — R. Buckminster Fuller
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March 17, 2021
Wright's Law
Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com gerd@thefuturesagency.com
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March 17, 2021
The Future of WORK pyramid
Watch https://www.futuristgerd.com/howthefutureworks/
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March 17, 2021
After all, 8 of the 10 best jobs in America are in technology
https://www.gerdfeed.com/post/645813899779833856/after-all-8-of-the-10-best-jobs-in-america-for After all, 8 of the 10 best jobs in America for 2021 are in tech. It can create opportunities for our youth — no matter where they are based, which background they come from, which “class” or “family” they belong to...
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March 17, 2021
New Keynote MUST WATCH
Video, slides and audio from this important Gerd Leonhard Keynote European Liberal Forum 3/10 2021: Gerd’s take on Europe, Media and Tech Regulation https://medium.com/futurist-gerd-technology-business-and-digital/video-slides-and-audio-from-my-keynote-own-the-future-at-the-european-liberal-forum-march-10-bfa8b2a1ce65
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