Category: Technology and Humanity
Futurist Gerd Leonhard collabores with CIANDT on ‘Break’ series: short content experiences to make you think.
Futurist Gerd Leonhard, was one of the futurist speakers featured, talking about digital humanism and how to create a good future.
We need to dial down the fear: Must-read interview with Gerd Leonhard on Digital Ethics (Swisscom Magazine)
The future will be better than we think, claims futurist Gerd Leonhard. Ultimately, managing digital transformation is in people’s own hands – however, everyone needs to be clear about what they want to relinquish to technology and what should remain under their own control. An encounter with a man who sees himself as more a future therapist than a prophet.
The Great Reduction: Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s take on virtual reality, sims and the Metaverse
and experiences with AI-powered technological simulations become the biggest business opportunity ever? Will we stop bothering with a complicated, confusing and often exhausting reality when we can live in a perfectly orchestrated and comfortable virtual reality?
Gerd Leonhard’s Talk at Fortune’s CEO Initiative Greece: “Business as Usual is Dead”
In this workshop I outline what the next 10 years may bring, and what the opportunities for Greece might be. I present my scenarios for a with/post-covid world, and explore how Greece could seize the opportunities that are arising.
Facebook: The Largest Autocracy on Earth (‘The Atlantic). Gerd’s high-lights
"Facebook is acting like a hostile foreign power; it’s time we treated it that way." Adrienne LaFrance / Via 'The Atlantic' (my high-lights)
Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s Keynote at IAAMobility 2021: Digitisation, Decarbonization and Reformation
This was my first large REAL-LIFE (i.e. not virtual) event since late February 2020 (when the Covid19 crisis started)
“It’s hard to be a moral person. Technology is making it harder.” Sigal Samuel on technology use (my high-lights)
"Many a bystander has witnessed a car accident or a fist-fight and taken out their phone to film the drama rather than rushing over to see if the victim needs help."
Gerd Leonhard’s Viral New Film ‘The Good Future’. Here are some of the highlights.
The future is not something that just happens to us - it is something we create every single day, by action or by inaction. Whether the future is good or bad is entirely up to us. As we see the future, so we act, as we act so we become!
Watch or download my new film “The Good Future” via my Vimeo channel!
Just go to my new Vimeo showcase.
My new film “The Good Future” is coming soon!
I am here to tell the story of The Good Future. I believe in a future where the power of human ingenuity, science and technology solves our biggest problems. I also believe that humans are basically kind and capable of collaboration (read 'human kind' by Rutger Bregman! )
My new film “The Good Future”
I am here to tell the story of The Good Future. I believe in a future where the power of human ingenuity, science and technology solves our biggest problems. I also believe that humans are basically kind and capable of collaboration (read 'human kind' by Rutger Bregman! )
What to expect in 2021 (new, in-depth videos by Futurist Gerd Leonhard)
What can we expect for 2021, and beyond? Amidst massive geopolitical shifts (a recovering / pivoting USA, a budding ‘United States of Europe‘, and an even more powerful and even more difficult to read China), a pandemic that has yet to be fully dealt with, and global concerns about its impact on the economy, I […]
Gerd Leonhard’s Interview for Julian Treasure’s Sound Business Podcast: AI voice-based solutions and its impact
That was a nice conversation, also with David Houle.
Die Zukunft von Technologie: Too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing (German version)
Warum wir jetzt handeln müssen, um sicherzustellen, dass der exponentielle technologische Fortschritt ein Gewinn für die Menschheit und den Planeten bleibt. (go to ENGLISH VERSION) Gerd Leonhard, Futurist & Humanist. Zürich, Schweiz 17. Mai 2021. Auch veröffentlicht auf Cognitive World. Technologie ist zweifellos gut zu uns gewesen. KI-Systeme sind heute in der Lage, einige Formen […]
“Nations Must Drop Fossil Fuels, Fast, World Energy Body Warns” – 5 urgent actions
Must-read on Climate Change Action.
Highlights from the 1st Fork Talk event on May 13th
The inaugural session for the Fork Talks took off with me and Glen Heimstra as hosts, featuring presentations by Brenda Cooper, Philip Kotler, David Houle and Bronwyn Williams.
Demasiadas coisas boas podem ser muito más: o futuro da tecnologia (Portuguese version of ‘Too much of a good thing’)
Demasiadas coisas boas podem ser muito más: o futuro da tecnologia
Porque temos de agir agora para garantir que o progresso tecnológico exponencial continue a ser um benefício para a humanidade e para o planeta
Too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing: Technology’s Future
Too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing: Technology’s Future
Why we must act now to ensure that exponential technological progress remains a benefit for humanity and the planet
This decade represents our ‘last possible exit’ options in regards to climate change. The ‘Free Market’ won’t cut it.
In the future, we may look back at 2020 as the year we decided to keep driving off the climate cliff–or to take the last exit. Taking the threat seriously would mean using the opportunity presented by this crisis to spend on solar panels and wind farms, push companies being bailed out to cut emissions and foster greener forms of transport in cities. If we instead choose to fund new coal-fired power plants and oil wells and thoughtlessly fire up factories to urge growth, we will lock in a pathway toward climate catastrophe. There’s a divide about which way to go.