Blog – Page 89 – Technology vs Humanity: the coming clash of man and machine

Why Economics Must Go Digital

Mainstream economics has largely failed to keep up with the rapid pace of digital transformation, and it is struggling to find practical ways to address the growing power of dominant tech companies. Read full Article

Knowledge is crude

I’m against knowledge. Don’t get me wrong: I’m as keen on the facts as the next person. I’m no friend of fake news. I want truth rather than falsity. It is specifically knowledge I’m against, not true belief. Knowledge asks more of us than true belief, and it isn’t worth it. Read full Article

Making big tech companies share data could do more good than breaking them up

Don’t break up the big tech companies, says Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, a professor of internet governance at the Oxford Internet Institute. Make them share. Read full Article

Regulating or breaking up Big Tech: an antitrust explainer

Four tech juggernauts—Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook—are suddenly the target of new scrutiny by the US government. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Justice (DOJ), and Congress have all begun to investigate whether these companies have too much power. Read full Article

New video: Futurist Speaker Gerd Leonhard at Microsoft DOTS 2019 in Prague: Technology and Humanity – the next 10 years

Download the Pdf here. More on DOTS 2019 here. AUDIO ONLY version: Download the MP3: Gerd Leonhard at DOTS 2019 humanity technology PRAGUE audio only