Blog – Page 167 – Technology vs Humanity: the coming clash of man and machine

Best Futurists Ever

Through history there have been many wonderful visionaries, seers, futurists and writers who have presented us with glimpses of the future. Read full Article

We Must Not Accept an Algorithmic Account of Human Life

One remarkable development of twentieth century science is the discovery that both physical structures and the communication of ideas can be assembled on the basis of algorithms that make use of codes. Read full Article

The Future of Humans? One Forecaster Calls for Obsolescence

HOMO DEUS A Brief History of Tomorrow By Yuval Noah Harari Illustrated. 449 pp. Harper/HarperCollins Publishers. $35. “Organisms are algorithms,” Yuval Noah Harari asserts in his provocative new book, “Homo Deus. Read full Article

The rise of the useless class

Historian Yuval Noah Harari offers a bracing prediction: just as mass industrialization created the working class, the AI revolution will create a new unworking class. Read full Article

Facebook, Social Media and technology needs to be fixed for the good of humanity

Social media and other attention-based internet platforms have certainly captured our attention: adults in the U.S. spent nearly six hours per day on digital media last year. Read full Article