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My presentation at London Law Expo 2017 (Netlaw Media): Technology, Humanity and the Future

Here is the deck from yesterday’s talk at London Law Expo Netlaw Media London Technologhy Humanity the future gerd leonhard Public 32MB PDF

New video: the best moments from Gerd Leonhard’s 2017 keynotes and presentations, all in one clip (AI, TechvsHuman, Digital Transformation ++)

I am delighted to announce the publication of a new short film featuring the best moments from over 100 keynotes during the past 2 years (mostly from 2017), covering my key topics such as the global brain, exponential change, the megashifts, digital transformation, technology vs humanity (and of course, my new book), man-machine symbiosis and the … Continue reading "New video: the best moments from Gerd Leonhard’s 2017 keynotes and presentations, all in one clip (AI, TechvsHuman, Digital Transformation ++)"

Alibaba founder Jack Ma says to be a successful leader you need EQ, IQ, and LQ

â€œMa, a former teacher, says he always warns government leaders to also â€œpay attention to education,â€� because right now weâ€™re teaching children the wrong thing: that machines are better than humans. He believes this mindset will cost young people jobs in a future dominated by AI and computing.â€�

Alibaba founder Jack Ma says to be a successful leader you need EQ, IQ, and LQ
https://qz.com/1082709/alibabas-jack-ma-says-successful-leaders-need-eq-iq-and-lq-baba/
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My presentation at ATEA Focus in Helsinki, today: technology, humanity and the future (download the Pdf)

Here it is, as promised. 15 MB PDF. More details on the event here. No worries – it’s not in Finnish:) atea focus helsinki technology humanity Gerd Leonhard public deck low res Gerd Leonhard Futuristi, kirjailija Gerd Leonhard jakaa visioitaan ja käytännön viisauttaan ihmiskunnan tulevaisuudesta ja teknologiasta, digimuutoksesta, tekoälystä ja robotiikasta, mediasta, markkinoinnista ja mainonnasta … Continue reading "My presentation at ATEA Focus in Helsinki, today: technology, humanity and the future (download the Pdf)"

Facebook’s war on free will – powerful Franklin Foer / TheGuardian story (made me think – a lot)

“But we shouldn’t accept Facebook’s self-conception as sincere, either. Facebook is a carefully managed top-down system, not a robust public square. It mimics some of the patterns of conversation, but that’s a surface trait.

In reality, Facebook is a tangle of rules and procedures for sorting information, rules devised by the corporation for the ultimate benefit of the corporation. Facebook is always surveilling users, always auditing them, using them as lab rats in its behavioural experiments. While it creates the impression that it offers choice, in truth Facebook paternalistically nudges users in the direction it deems best for them, which also happens to be the direction that gets them thoroughly addicted. It’s a phoniness that is most obvious in the compressed, historic career of Facebook’s mastermind.”

Facebook’s war on free will
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/19/facebooks-war-on-free-will
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