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How much would you pay for Facebook?
Some of the most useful things online are free. Facebook is free. Wikipedia is free. Google maps, Gmail, and Google search are all free. If you don’t mind some advertisements, basically all the music in the world is free via Spotify and Youtube. Yet all of these services are worth something. Read full Article
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20 common jobs in 2040
German industrial giant, Siemens, recently hosted an Innovation Day that I participated in at their Chicago design center to give thought leaders in the U.S. a first look at many of the cutting edge technologies they’re working on. Read full Article
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China is an innovation superpower. This is why
Last year President Xi Jinping outlined his vision to make China the global leader in political, economic, military and environmental issues over the next three decades. Read full Article
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Why the Future Belongs to Polymaths
Some of history’s greatest contributions have come from polymaths. Aristotle practically invented half a dozen fields of study across philosophy. Galileo was as much a physicist as he was an engineer when he helped kick-start… Read full Article
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The Neighbourhood Where Google Plans to Kill the Private Car
The DNA for suburbia was created by the Brooklyn real estate developer William Levitt. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, he built two communities named Levittown: one in Long Island, New York, and the other in Pennsylvania. Read full Article
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These 8 books are required reading for anyone who wants to change the world with tech
“Changing the world,” the rallying cry of the technology industry, sounds like a concept bursting with optimism. But in reality, it’s complicated. Take Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg’s creation, built under the banner of “move fast and break things,” certainly changed the world. Read full Article
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No death and an enhanced life: Is the future transhuman?
The aims of the transhumanist movement are summed up by Mark O’Connell in his book To Be a Machine, which last week won the Wellcome Book prize. Read full Article
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Tech has no moral code. It is everyone’s job now to fight for one
From racist ads to Cambridge Analytica, technology’s ethical deficit needs disrupting fast – and we have the power to do it It has been a tough two years for the technology industry. The 2016 US election was a turning point for what was formerly the face of upbeat, self-actualising capitalism. Read full Article
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CMO interview: How technology, digital have completely changed the 21st century marketer
The CMO role has expanded to encompass a broader set of requirements, particularly around digital marketing, social media and martech, as campaigns and CX shift to being more personalised and measurable. Read full Article
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Why marketers must shift the conversation from data privacy to ethical data use
On Jan. 28, much of the marketing community observed Data Privacy Day, an annual, international effort to spotlight the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data and enabling trust. While the day came and went, our responsibility continues. Read full Article
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Empathy and the future of policy making
Contributed by Kit Collingwood-Richardson, Deputy Director Universal Credit, Department for Work & Pensions (DWP). Co-founder, One Team Government movement. The way humans think, behave and connect to each other is increasingly underpinned and driven by technology. Read full Article
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How to be happy: Aristotle’s 11 guidelines for a good life
While most of us ask “What should I do?” when we think about ethics, many philosophers have approached it by asking, “What kind of person should I be?” These thinkers often turn to virtue ethics for answers. Read full Article
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an area of strategic importance and a key driver of economic development. It can bring solutions to many societal challenges from treating diseases to minimising the environmental impact of farming. Read full Article
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ICRAC Open Letter Opposes Google’s Involvement With Military
From improving medicine to better search engines to assistants that help ease busy schedules, artificial intelligence is already proving a boon to society. But just as it can be designed to help, it can be designed to harm and even to kill. Read full Article
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‘One Has This Feeling of Having Contributed to Something That’s Gone Very Wrong’
Over the last few months, Select All has interviewed more than a dozen prominent technology figures about what has gone wrong with the contemporary internet for a project called “The Internet Apologizes.” We’re now publishing lengthier transcripts of each individual interview. Read full Article
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What News-Writing Bots Mean for the Future of Journalism
This story is part of our special coverage, The News in Crisis. When Republican Steve King beat back Democratic challenger Kim Weaver in the race for Iowa’s 4th congressional district seat in November, The Washington Post snapped into action, covering both the win and the wider electoral trend. Read full Article
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20 Takeaways From Mary Meeker’s 2018 Internet Trends Report
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers Partner Mary Meeker’s 2018 Internet Trends Report is out. Big themes in the 294 slides this year: Privacy, ecommerce, China and work. Here’s a closer look at the year, according to Meeker: Read full Article
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Die Zukünfte der Arbeit und der Welt
Der Report „State of the Future“ ist in seiner 19. Ausgabe erschienen und fokussiert auf die Zukunft der Arbeit und größere und perspektivische Zusammenhänge (cooppa, Heiner Benking, 01.06. Read full Article
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Facebook Shared Your Data With Phone Makers Like Apple. Here’s Why This Scandal Could Be Huge
Facebook has been hit with another data-sharing scandal, again over the access that it gives or gave third parties to the data not only of its users, but also of their friends. Here’s what you need to know. Read full Article
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