The real danger is that we become machines – not that machines will eliminate us!

I just ran across this HBR Blog post entitled “Technology is not threatening humanity – we are” which delivers a few key messages when looking at the future of technology and humanity...

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The Internet of Things and its unintended consequences: why we should proceed with caution

The Internet of Things (IoT) / Internet of Everything / Industrial Internet is sizzling hot. Everywhere I go people ask me about it. Almost every single event I speak at, some of the biggest tech & IT companies in the world are talking about their plans for the IoT, and their billion dollar investments.

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Important interview with Futurist Gerd Leonhard on IEET: Technology Could Bring Heaven on Earth, or Create Hell

IEET have just published an interview with me. Thanks to Hank Pellissier for making this happen.

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Best-of-2015 Slides Featuring the Most Important Memes From My Talks

The end of the year is always a good time to review and reflect upon what worked well, and what did not, so here are those slides, memes and topics that repeatedly struck a chord with my audiences in 2015, covering topics such as artificial intelligence, automation and the future of human work, the challenges of abundance, humarithms vs algorithms, technology versus/with humanity and many more.

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