Podcasts about futurist gerd leonhard

Futurist Gerd Leonhard gives some insights into future trends like proactive healthcare, the importance of sustainability, and AI in the workforce.

Last week, I was interviewed for the PITCH: Brand&Content show that aired on @CNNPortugal on January 6, 2024, produced by @Pitch-brand-and-content (great job, btw). Thanks to Creart.pt for inviting me to be a part of this show. You can watch it on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBKKjUu-dsM 00:22 The Three Revolutions: Digital, Green, and Human (Pink/Purple) 01:04 The Role of Europe in Leading into The Good Future 01:11 The Dangers of #artificialintelligence and the Need for Containment 02:19 The Power of Trust and Collaboration in Shaping the Future 04:17 The Emergence of a Better Future: Technology, Regulation, and Happiness This year marks a pivotal moment for humanity as we face the convergence of three monumental revolutions: The digital revolution (big blue) has become almost synonymous with artificial intelligence, driving profound transformations across all aspects of our lives. It could be heaven or it could be hell. Simultaneously, the green, #sustainability revolution will gain dramatic momentum in 2024 as societies move decisively towards sustainability, deeply circular practices, and a much more profound commitment to the environment. No company can afford to ignore this global shift towards greener thinking. Lastly, the third revolution, “Big Pink” (better ...Big Purple) underscores the importance of human agency and purpose. IMHO, #europe stands poised to lead the charge in embracing sustainability and prioritizing the existential importance of human intelligence and agency. In #2024, the central question before us is whether we really should sacrifice our humanity, skills, #freewill and human agency for the elusive allure of efficiency and rapid technological progress... I'll have a few things to say about that:))

I think this is one of my best talks, yet - on artificial intelligence and the future of business, commerce and society, also touching on my key the good future people planet purpose prosperity memes. A powerful talk on the impact and future of artificial intelligence, discussing the evolution and the potential of AI, the risk of #artificialgeneralintelligence - surpassing human intelligence, and the need for regulatory bodies overseeing the development and application of AGI. He emphasizes the necessity to keep humanity at the forefront of all AI-related decisions and warns about the implications of becoming too reliant on technology. Gerd also shares his thoughts about a prosperous future, which can be achieved if technology serves to complement, not replace, human capabilities. You can watch the whole speech on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYCjoYz7OrA We used 7 different LED screens on this amazing stage, at @fortinet 2023 Convergence in Monte Carlo - https://events.fortinet.com/convergence2023monaco

This is the first in a new series of interviews we shot in November 2023 in Lanzarote, Canary Islands on The Good Future. I cover the geopolitical shifts, technological advancements, and an evolving mindset towards sustainability that we can expect by 2030. You can watch is on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0JlP3vm_A. Thanks to @Rask_ai, It's also dubbed in German, Indonesian, Portuguese and Spanish. Subtitles coming soon. 1) A Shifting Geopolitical Landscape 2) The Rise of the Sustainable Economy 3) The Different Mindset of Millennials 4) The Exponential Power of Technology I am aware of the practical challenges we face today, such as water scarcity, food security, and energy production. Solving these issues is crucial for sustainable growth. Fortunately, technological advancements offer solutions that can help tackle these challenges. It will be essential to find a balance between economic progress and environmental preservation. As we approach 2030, a mixture of chaos, confusion, and powerful new opportunities await us. By acknowledging and addressing the practical challenges ahead while striving for sustainable growth, we can navigate this complex future and create a better world for generations to come

- Here is a really special keynote from this year's Capgemini Spark 2023 event hosted by CapgeminiGlobal. - a huge thanks to Cap Gemini for inviting me, and for making this video available. In this super-wide screen presentation (I now call them superkeynote) I make my argument on: - why the future is better than we think - how we can get there. - I cover my key topics such as The Good Future, Technology vs Humanity, and of course, Artificial Intelligence. You can also watch my speech on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z90NSSXUfgs&t=99s, which is not only in English, but also dubbed in: - German: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln-CX7fy2go&t=0s - Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB2DpcEv4_s&t=0s - Portuguese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KufSMaQLLs&t=0s

On October 12, 2023, I gave this fast-moving and immersive keynote at the Innovation Day of the International Training Center of the ILO (International Labor Organisation, a UN organisation) in Turin, Italy. The event explored AI's impact on human resources and learning development. - In my talk I spoke about the 3 revolutions (digital, sustainable, purpose) - The difference between HI (Human Intelligence) and AI, ChatGPT and generative ai - The impact of exponential technologies on work, education and labor policies - Why the future is better than we think - How to develop a future mindset, and much more. You can watch it on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzfGNf5OLM4. It's dubbed in Italian, and has EN and DE subtitles.

Listen to my complete keynote at the VI Nobel Fest 2023 in Astana, Kazakhstan on the future of humanity, artificial intelligence and of The Good Future. You can watch it on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNclSCfqd9s Some of my key messages in this speech are: - The next 10 years will bring more change than the previous 100 years. We'll see 6 King-Makers: AI, quantum computing, nuclear fusion, synthetic biology, genome editing and geo-engineering. - Technology can be heaven or hell - it's our job to make sure it's mostly heaven #digitalethics - and this is crucial when we talk about AI! - Imagine if the social media disaster is further amplified by perfect disinformation and fake news that generative AI excels? - We will have all the tools (science and technology) - but will we have the Telos? - If we roll out AI and AGI just to fuel more profit and growth, things will not end well for us- - Embrace the 3 revolutions: The Digital (info tech, biotech, energy / climate tech, and AI tech), the Sustainability, and the Purpose Revolution. More information on the VI Nobel Fest, go to https://nobel-fest.org/6en - Photo credit: VI Nobel Fest 2023

This is season 2, episode #5 of The World by 2030 presented by me and fellow futurist Anton Musgrave (futureworld.org), on the future of work, jobs, training, education and the impact of artificial intelligence. I've said in the past, “If you work like a robot, a robot will take your job” and “If your job is 80% routine, then you're in trouble"... But imagine if the whole world is “smart”? In episode 5 of season 2, Anton and I explore what the future of work, jobs, training, education and the impact of artificial intelligence might look like by 2030. Anton asks: how do we play with these (AI) things and understand their potential and capabilities and then, then add another layer of deep human insight and value to the equation? You can also watch our discussion on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pfQStGdDmw Be sure to have a look at my AI-related talks and videos at https://www.futuristgerd.com/aiplaylist for more.

This is an edited and overall improved version of my keynote at Gencat / ACCIO's Cluster Day 2023 in Barcelona. You can watch the original version on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAiGZrhQcwQ&t=0s Beyond an era full of changes, we are living through a change of era. Faced with a context that advances very quickly and that forces us to create agile teams to be more competitive, in the framework of Cluster Day 2023, I explained the characteristics which leaders must have today. The key to a good future? Invest in People, Planet, Purpose, and Prosperity. I reflect on the 3 revolutions of our era: digital, sustainability and purpose. Download this video at https://vimeo.com/storiesfromthefuture/clusterday?share=copy NEW: Spanish Overdub Version! https://youtu.be/4aIiMEHnO1k?si=nUytxjyK7n54dW8n Més enllà d'una època plena de canvis, vivim un canvi d'època. Davant un context que avança molt ràpid i que ens obliga a crear equips àgils per poder ser més competitius, en el marc del Cluster Day 2023, Gerd Leonhard va exposar les característiques que ha de tenir un líder a dia d'avui. La clau per a un bon futur? Invertir en Persones, Planeta, Propòsit i Prosperitat. L'autoanomenat optimista futurista i humanista, va dedicar una hora a reflexionar sobre les 3 revolucions de la nostra era: digital, sostenibilitat i la revolució del propòsit.

This is an edited version of my June 10, 2023, TEDx talk in Cluj, Romania, with improved sound and various oohs and ahs removed using the amazing @Descript app. The original TEDx version is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Fx8LKgQ70&t=0s. I presented a riveting talk on the future of technology, artificial intelligence, jobs, work, and education. In this talk, I outlines why too much of a good thing (such as exponential technologies) can be a very bad thing, and ask the key question: Who will be Mission Control for humanity? How do we make sure that all technology results in collective human flourishing? You can watch the edited version on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhHsaz8hxmA&t=15s

LookUpNow (LuN) premiered on August 21, 2023 and is a riveting 24-minute film featuring #Futurist Gerd Leonhard as host, guide and narrator. Directed and co-written by Emmy-award winning producer Christopher Sean Nolan. It is the first episode in a series of films on AI and the future of humanity currently being developed by Gerd and Chris. For ENG, ES and PT captions, click on the CAPTIONS button:) In the film, Gerd sets forth that we should embrace Artificial Intelligence and harness its positive potentials while at the same time we must urgently consider and address its negative side-effects and unintended externalities. We must use AI as a powerful tool but not let it become a purpose on its own. AI should be used to help us to bring about what Gerd calls #thegoodfuture, not to replace humans, or to whittle away what makes us human, or to enable a synthetic, machine-led society. LuN explains why we should welcome smart machines but not seek to build generally intelligent artificial entities (AGIs) – because with digital intelligences, it's competence that matters, not consciousness (quoting Professor Stuart Russell). Watch it on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEr9MDyMfKc and for more details at www.lookupnow.tv More AI talks by Gerd: https://www.futuristgerd.com/AIYT #lookupnowthefilm #techvshuman Thank you to: Executive producer, host and narrator: Gerd Leonhard Directed by Chris Sean Nolan Written by Gerd Leonhard and Chris Sean Nolan Edited by Chris Sean Nolan and Sylvain Collet Cinematography: Jeremy Holi (Studio Chamberlain) Assistant Camera: Julien Zanin Music licensed via Musicbed: PENDULUM THEORY - Fixation TONY ANDERSON - Freefall HAMMOCK - Tether of Yearning TONY ANDERSON - Retour JUDAH EARL - Before the Dawn WHY WE WANDER - Train Departure TONY ANDERSON - All is Not Lost DAVID A. MOLINA - Open Scroll RYAN TAUBERT - Marvel TONY ANDERSON - After the Storm ELY EIRA - Out Of The Shadows RYAN TAUBERT - Frenzy

As part of my ongoing #gerdtalks series, I had a great chat with fellow keynote speaker and business philosopher @AndersIndset about his book “Quantum Economy”, and our views of what's ahead. There are some great morsels in this talk so... dive in! You can watch the whole thing on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKqfWnqedL8 More about Anders and the Quantum Economy https://thequantumeconomy.com/ and https://andersindset.com/ More about this series: www.gerdtalks.com

This is my entire keynote at EIT Manufacturing Days 2023 in Vienna, on May 31, 2023. See https://www.eitmanufacturing.eu/news-events/events/manufacturing-day/. I cover topics such as the 3 Revolutions (digital, sustainable, purpose), the 4 exponential tech booms (info tech, biotech, climate tech, AI tech), and the future of #artificialintelligence. You can also watch is on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mjshMVkypc

This is an excerpt from a my recent Interview with @singularityu. Go to https://youtu.be/kP0OR6lE9sU for the entire show - Technology is not what we seek but how we seek. - Embrace technology but don't become it. - The more we connect with technology the more we must protect what makes us human. - Logic alone is not enough.

This is the recording of my entire keynote at GTDC's EMEA summit in Noordwijk, Netherlands, on June 14, 2023 - see https://gtdc.org/events/2023-gtdc-sum In this wide-ranging talk, I discuss the future of IT, including #artificialintelligence, and how organizations can leverage the power of technology for the greater good. Download via https://vimeo.com/845213479 or you can watch it on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RUntC_fi-A

This is my complete keynote at Steering Education 2023 in Riga https://www.futures2050.lv/ on June 8, 2023, on the future of adult learning, training, and skills and future of work in this new era of artificial intelligence You can watch my speech on YouTuber here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrRm2fqCpjA&t=877s -Machines don't think, learn and understand like humans. -Algorithms know the logic of everything but the feeling of nothing. -Technology is not what we seek but how we seek. -The next 10 years will bring more change than the previous 100 years. -The end of routines is not the end of human jobs. -Automation is great for the economy but not so great for society.

Gerd Leonhard's complete keynote at TravelGate's ConX event in Palma May 10, 2023, on the future of travel, travel & AI, using Chatgpt for travel organisations, the 3 revolutions (digital, sustainable and purpose), and much more. You can watch it on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-7EHVsGE90

This is my entire keynote including the Q&A session at the 2023 edition of FutureTense 2023 in Zagreb Croatia, see https://futuretense.eu/ May 11, 2023. In this wide-ranging and fast-moving talk I cover topics such as: 1) The 3 Revolutions: The Digital Revolution, The Sustainable Revolution and the Human / Purpose Revolution. See www.https://www.futuristgerd.com/category... Green is the new Digital! 2) The Sputnik moment of AI and #chatgpt - Organisms AREN'T algorithms! 3) The Future of work and jobs: if you work like a robot, a robot will take your job! Watch it o YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIf-T2QUikw

Designing The Good Future - The future is not something that just happens to us, it is something we design and create every single day, by action or by inaction. #thegoodfuture is entirely possible; it all depends on the choices we make today! Watch it on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNf2mbYhn5E&t=5s The Good Future will come down to our ethics, values, global collaboration, a collective definition of what kind of future we want (rather than what future we can have), and to reach a consensus on how we can best achieve it. This talk is all about #techvshuman, i.e., technology and humanity – why and how our world is shifting from focusing on profit and growth to the 4Ps: People, Planet, Purpose, and Prosperity see www.peopleplanetpurposeprosperity.com I explain why there is hope for the Good Future, what it may look like, and what we need to do to get there. I cover a wide range of topics, including artificial intelligence and the future of work and jobs, education, sustainability and what he calls the 3 revolutions: digital, sustainable and purposeful.

This is episode # 4 of The World by 2030 - See https://campsite.bio/worldby2030 with @antonmusgrave6298 and @GerdLeonhard on The Future of Food, agriculture, farming and more, live-streamed on May 15, 2023 You can watch it on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzY0F6M6PYA or for the complete version including the discussion and Q&As session here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fszcgExK9-U Panelists include futurist Anton Musgrave (https://futureworld.org/keynotes/), KD Adamson (https://www.kdadamson.com/) and Jan Biehl (https://www.linkedin.com/in/janbiehl/?originalSubdomain=ch)

Futurist Gerd Leonhard - Q&A On ChatGPT And AI - Business Design Lunch Series by Futurist Gerd Leonhard

This is the edited recording of my entire #keynote at the 2023 CICan / WFCP World Congress https://conference.collegesinstitutes… on April 24, 2023, on collective intelligence and the future of secondary education. - Thanks to CICan and WFCP for inviting me and for making this video available! - Watch it on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPFc5poktvk

The good, bad and the ugly of ChatGPT. #chatgpt #indiadigitalfest2023 #idf2023 - Thanks to @TimesNow for inviting me! Author and futurist Gerd Leonhard on humanity vs. AI - the future of Artificial Intelligence and its confluence with humans and human technology All about AI: http://www.weneedtotalkaboutai.com or https://youtu.be/XUVS5d3-Bis The future of work: http://www.howthefutureworks.tv or https://youtu.be/PEmyJNTraZg Watch the original live stream here https://youtu.be/C4XemnFYObI

LIVE STREAM PREMIERE - This is the complete recording of my keynote at AIA 2.2 Airlines Marketing Workshop, “Sounding the Future” in Athens February 22nd, 2023. A big ευχαριστώ / EFCHARISTO to the Athens Airport for inviting me back to beautiful Athens! My thoughts on the future of airlines, airports and travel - the world by 2030: https://www.amna.gr/pr-view/279428 Watch my films - TWICE UPON A TIME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BanqTNbTotU&t=0s - THE GOOD FUTURE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BanqTNbTotU&t=0s - All about AI: http://www.weneedtotalkaboutai.com - The future of work: http://www.howthefutureworks.tv - How The Future Works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEmyJNTraZg&t=0s

This is my complete keynote 'The next 10 Years - what you need to know, today', at RAI 2022 in Leon, Mexico. Watch the original video via Concamin with Spanish subtitles here: https://youtu.be/90CNv5DFclI or on Gerd's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp1MaX_C71c

In this short, off-the-cuff video with the very first details on The Good Future Project. To quote Jane Goodall "What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make” More here: https://www.thegoodfutureproject.com #peopleplanetpurposeprosperity #goodfutureproject #thegoodfuture Check out our new Project YT page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVsE3gQYHLffapbpbDqjaaA or https://thegoodfutureproject.com/ The Good Future Project, initiated by Futurist Gerd Leonhard and supported by the Futures Agency, is a global, non-profit network of like-minded individuals and supporters who focus on making ‘The Good Future' (TGF) a reality. TGF's concept is based on Gerd's 2021 film ‘The Good Future' see https://youtu.be/yHC5n7G5SeI

This is my entire virtual keynote and Q&A session for Banco BCI in Chile. Ciclo Conectémonos BCI: 9 things you must know about the next 10 years: How to take advantage of the 3 revolutions that are taking place, impacting the development of your company. Watch the Spanish Language Overdub version is here: https://youtu.be/7ck4k0po5ww Thanks to BCI for inviting me and for making this video available. More about #theddr https://www.theddr.world/

The next 10 years will bring more change than the previous 100 years - a decade of utter transformation is ahead of us. What we do in the next 10 years is likely to set course for the future of humanity, period. Along with the ongoing digital revolution we are now in the midst of the sustainable (green) revolution, and soon to be joined by the human revolution (the convergence of biology and technology). Green is the new digital, and #sustainable is becoming the new profitable. As we leap further into the exponential age, the future is clearly no longer an extension of the present, and it's no longer about 'tomorrow', either - the future is a mindset, and it's already here. This is a recording of my entire keynote @fortinet Convergence 2022 in Monaco, August 25, 2022, on the next 10 years and what we can expect in technology, business, society and of course #sustainability. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myTjTGE-PKs A big thanks to Fortinet for inviting me and for sharing this video.

A moving conversation on optimism, climate change, science fiction and of course — the good future ! You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izX3Wg5u8qw Watch my new film TWICE UPON A TIME: https://youtu.be/BanqTNbTotU Watch my 2021 film: The Good Future https://www.thegoodfuturefilm.com or https://youtu.be/yHC5n7G5SeI All about AI: http://www.weneedtotalkaboutai.com or https://youtu.be/XUVS5d3-Bis The future of work: http://www.howthefutureworks.tv or https://youtu.be/PEmyJNTraZg

A really thoughtful and informative conversation with @FossilFuelTreaty's chair Tzeporah Berman: https://stand.earth/about/people/tzep Tzeporah Berman has been designing environmental campaigns and working on environmental policy in Canada and beyond for over thirty years. She is currently the International Program Director at Stand.earth and the Chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative. She is the Co-founder of the Global Gas & Oil Network, the former co-director of Greenpeace International's Global Climate and Energy Program, and the co-founder of ForestEthics (now Stand.earth). - Covering #climatechange #cop27 and the future of the fossil fuel industry, among many other topics. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRizyrQP8Rg This video is the first in a new series I've started as part of my latest initiative, the Good Future Project see https://thegoodfutureproject.com/

Big Tech Big Green Big Human In this keynote, I outline why this development is a good thing, why tourism might well be heading towards a new albeit strange kind of ‘golden era' - and how to get ready for what's coming, and better yet, how to shape the future and make the right choices today. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pubmpoie3eo The next 10 years will bring more change than the previous 100 years – and the doors to the future of tourism and travel are not closing; they are only just opening! The future is better than we think. Personal connections, experiences and real-life engagement is what makes us human, and while we will certainly connect virtually in many new, exciting and CO2-saving ways, these experiences will develop in a parallel not a substitutional way. However; how, why, when and where we travel will change completely in the next decade, impacted by the 3 Future Principles: Holistic, Circular (Sustainable) and Human.

We urgently need to reboot education to become more future-fit, across the board because The Future is: Awesome humans on-top of amazing technology, not just STEM but also HECI (humanity, ethics, creativity, and imagination). Science fiction is increasingly become science fact, and smart machines are starting to have 'knowledge', fueled by machine learning and #artificialintelligence - and that means "if you work/learn like a robot, a robot will take your job”. Business as usual is dead, due to the 11 game-changers and the #megashifts see www.megashifts.digital that are accelerating all around us. And that means that 'work as usual' is dead or dying, as well - and that goes for Education! Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en4e3AaLZsY In line with the New European Bauhaus spirit, the #eTwinning Annual Conference 2022 supported the participants to imagine an education setting which is beautiful and sustainable. Participants were encouraged to re-think the way teachers and students teach, learn, and “live” together at school.

Permachange is here: The 11 game changers such as big data, IoT, VR/MR the metaverse and of course artificial intelligence are all becoming exponentially powerful, and these 4 waves are washing over us: COVID-19 (and other pandemics), the recession, climate change and soon, singularity. The next 10 years will bring more change than the next 100 years - and most of it will be positive IF we can collaborate and make the right decisions, today. We will have all the tools, but we need to work on our TELOS (purpose). You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNHVcpRaU3w During this talk (which had a somewhat more intimate vibe than many of the large events I speak at), I also explain why I think that 2023 may well be like 1968 - a major shift in how we look at the world. This was a special dinner event for Baringa's clients and leaders, in London, on Nov 23, 2022. More details about Baringa here https://www.baringa.com/en/ - and thanks for inviting me, and for making this video available.

The latest episode in my #goodfutureproject series of conversations, with special guest Mathias Sundin CEO of Warp News https://twitter.com/mathiassundin. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/WNQIJqaY154 Mathias runs Warp News https://www.warpnews.org/ If someone said, "You are worthless" several times a day, how would it affect you? It would probably make you feel pretty lousy. Now think of the news media that you and everyone else consumes. How do the constant negative headlines impact your perception of reality? Most people have a pessimistic view of the future and of new technologies. One important reason is the negative bias in news media. We believe that humanity's best days are ahead and that new technologies and science will get us there. Warp News helps balance the negative headlines with fact-based optimistic news about technology, science and human progress.

This is a fast-paced compilation of my 3 keynotes (held remotely) at the Future of Desalination Conference in Riyadh KSA September 11-13, 2022. - see https://fdiconf.com/en/ - You can watch the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSrXcOzrqaU&t=19s **** My latest short film: The Good Future www.thegoodfuturefilm.com **** Twitter: @gleonhard

This is a special podcast episode that we recorded with Bill Halal on "Speaking Across Differences". Professor Bill Halal and me met once again (following our recent GerdTalks show on ‘Beyond Knowledge); this time for a podcast / audio only discussion about the need for improving how we speak to each other and how to become better listeners. (Text by Bill Halal) “Politics in the US, Russia's attack on Ukraine and the decline of democracies everywhere show that conflict is the biggest issue of our time. And it is likely to get worse. Social media is driving speech into uncharted territory with disinformation, inflammatory language and biased algorithms. The digital revolution is automating knowledge, driving the world beyond knowledge into subjective consciousness. Most major problems have “rational” solutions that could be good for all sides. (eg, climate, guns, abortion, etc.) But people are acting on emotions, hate, resentment, greed, power and other values and beliefs in the face of a cluster of existential crises like climate change. We have to learn how to listen to views we don't like, accept compromises, bargain, and offer better solutions. This would require a shift from competitive talking to a cooperative dialogue where all sides try to understand each other and reach agreement. It means that truth is not absolute but something that emerges out of consensus. A “learning society” that can talk across differences. A new field of study is emerging to help us navigate these differences (Daniel Kahneman et al., Noise; Adam Grant, Think Again, etc). This also suggests that centrist politicians could gain power because they are able to unite opposing sides in policies that benefit all. Above all, the basic need is to shift today's mindset from self-interest, money and power to a global consciousness based on cooperation….”

This is the audio recording of my entire keynote at https://www.mmaglobal.com/impactindia... Since the beginning of the Internet, the concept of 'cyberspace' and 'online worlds' has been a constant theme and the subject of numerous famous science fiction plots, as well as the core objective of many startups. Given that we are now living in the era of exponential progress, science fiction is increasingly becoming science fact. Virtualisation is the inevitable future of everything, yet dehumanisation needs to be kept in-check at all times... Thanks to MMA India for inviting me! More: https://twitter.com/MMA_APAC and https://www.youtube.com/user/MobileMarketingAssn Watch the video versions on Youtube: https://youtu.be/qobVYtglsCg and on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/708600688 Have a look at my new short film: The Good Future www.thegoodfuturefilm.com More metaverse stuff at http://www.themetaperverse.com If you enjoy my videos and talks, please take a look at my best-selling book “Technology vs Humanity” http://www.techvshuman.com - it's now available in 12 languages! ****For all booking inquiries please go here https://www.futuristgerd.com/contact/... Twitter: @gleonhard

This is the Audio-version only of GerdTalks #6. The Sustainability Revolution will be even bigger - and vastly more existential - than the digital revolution. In this live-stream session (GerdTalks episode #6) I explained why and how Big Blue (Tech) + Big Green + Big Human (and yes, Big Planet) is the recipe for a Good Future. We have finally reached the technological and societal pivot points (including Covid-19 and now, the utterly worrisome Ukraine/Russia conflict) quickly propelling us out of the fossil fuel age. Rapid and decisive decarbonisation is on the agenda everywhere, and so is using exponential technologies such as AI, Deep Learning and the IoT to dramatically reduce pollution and overall inefficiencies in all sectors of our economies (traffic, transportation, food, construction, IT and many more). In this talk I outlined why I think 'Green is the new Digital' and what that means for the future of our economies, jobs & work, geopolitics, business and commerce as well as for our personal lives. The next 10 years will bring more change than the previous 100 years - and if you're not on this new 'green everything / circular everything' agenda, you may find yourself outmoded and ignored by 2030. My presentation is followed by a q&a session using Youtube and LinkedIn chats / comments, Have a look at my new short film: The Good Future www.thegoodfuturefilm.com Video version on YT: https://youtu.be/WH-EiN0Xazw

Here is a crucial message from me, as we are struggling towards the eventual Covid-19 rebound, dealing with the consequences of the Russian war against the Ukraine, finally starting to take real action on climate change, and regulating exponential technologies. Terrible events do not cancel the future – they challenge us to reimagine it ! The more that the present challenges us with ghosts of the past, the more we need the future to balance, inspire and steer us. The old Vikings dreaded fog because it stopped them navigating by the stars. Today's constellations are also obscured by the fog of war and the ludicrous actions of autocratic regimes. But the stars - and the future - are still there above it all. YouTube version here: https://youtu.be/cT7htnvJvkc Music licensed via Envato Cinematic Documentary - SersalStudio Epic Heroic - cleanmindsounds A Documentary - SersalStudio Epic Documentary - AurusAudio Have a look at my new short film: The Good Future www.thegoodfuturefilm.com Get The 10 Technological and Societal Megashifts Rewiring Our World Free at: https://futuristgerd.com/megashifts Please subscribe to this channel to never miss a thing, and be sure to share my videos if you like them, and hit that notification bell:)) Sign up for my 'Best Reads & Finds' curated futurist newsletter at http://www.gerd.digital/ Audio-only versions of most of my videos are available via SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/gleonhard/tracks, and Spotify see https://gerd.fm/spotify If you enjoy my videos and talks, please take a look at my best-selling book “Technology vs Humanity” http://www.techvshuman.com - it's now available in 12 languages! Gerd Leonhard Futurist, Author and Keynote Speaker Zürich / Switzerland http://www.futuristgerd.com http://www.techvshuman.com (my latest book)

This is the audio version of the recording of #gerdtalks Ep 5 on March 14, 2022, on The Future of Democracy. Watch the video recording of the stream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2thpm8naJs0 More details via http://www.gerdtalks.com These days, democracy seems increasingly under fire -declining globally- and stability is threatened by autocrats. What's next in Democracy? The Ukraine/Russia war has given me painful reason to think more about the larger context of my main 2022 topic, The Good Future see http://www.goodfuture.live While autocrats seem hell-bent on destroying stability and ending the long-lasting peace in Europe, democracy is apparently in decline for the last decade, globally (read the Freedom House report). Where is this going? How can we rekindle democracy and fix what is lagging? What's wrong with how we design and implement democracy, right now? And what's the role of technology (like social media) in all this? In my view, a Good Future is almost synonymous with Democracy - so this is a very big topic for me.

This is the Audio-version only of my new bi-weekly show on multiple platforms like YouTube, LinkedIn, etc. You can watch the video version of the stream on https://youtu.be/cC_DlYvCiEk On this Episode: Machines are getting smart. AI, fuelled by machine learning brings the end of routine-tasks for us. Yet it's NOT the end of Human Work - it's just the end of (some) routines. How can we get ready? I think that in a digital and fully interconnected world (ETA 2030) it will not be our technology that differentiates us - it will be our HUMANITY. It will not be our efficiency, our productivity, our optimization or our smartness and powerful intellect that will 'beat' the machines - it will be our human-only skills. It will be everything that machines have a hard time with. Recall the Moravec Paradox: whatever is simply for a human, is hard for a machine (and vice versa). So what are 'human-only' skills and traits? To start with, imagination, intuition, emotions, ethics, values, compassion, empathy and consciousness. Machines are binary but humans are multinary. Organisms aren't algorithms (yes, I will explain) and while we should try hard to build machines that have competence we should not strive for them to develop consciousness (see Stuart Russell 'Human Compatible). If your job is 100% routine i.e. commodity work (and indeed very very few jobs really are) the machines - software and hardware - will take your job. If your job is something like 50% routine you need to start adding unique values that are not routines or can be commoditised. Values that machines won't match anytime soon - what I call the Androrithms. Thus, the future also entails a total reboot of learning, education and training. STEM education must be matched with what I call HECI - humanities, ethics, creativity and imagination. Watch my 2020 film 'How the future works' www.howthefutureworks.tv Our ultimate job is... to be human! I started with a 15 minute presentation on the future of work, showing some brand-new memes, and then I took questions and comments from the audience using Youtube and LinkedIn comments.

This is the Audio version of the first episode of a fast-moving and impactful compilation of Futurist Gerd Leonhard's most important bottom lines and key statements, memes and messages from the past 3 years, animated with powerful graphics, such as: - You will not find real happiness on the screen or in the cloud - Technology is exponential but humans are not - AI (and machines) should have competence not consciousness - Efficiency should not be more important than humanity Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/bDTeIitZIBM More details at http://www.wyn2k.com and this special new padlet https://padlet.com/futuristgerd/wyn2k You can view and download this video on VIMEO as well https://vimeo.com/682747837 Stay tuned for the next episodes. Be sure to subscribe to gerdtube.com hit the 'Notify Me' bell as well.

Are we living in a dystopia? Futurist Gerd Leonhard joins us to discuss humanity's relationship with technology. As the Metaverse grows, what impact will virtual reality and artificial intelligence have on society? More importantly, how can we build a better future to grow and prosper together.

This is the Audio-version only of GerdTalks Episode 3, live-streamed on Youtube, LinkedIn, Twitch and many other platforms (not on Facebook:). More details: https://www.futuristgerd.com/gerdtalks3 Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/HNUUNKMQzTc Facebook / META has become toxic and needs to be purged. In this video I present my case against FB/Meta and explore the future of social media. AI-fuelled, data-driven and automated 'media' has become extremely powerful and omni-present in our lives. Digital feudalism is the new normal, and the surveillance economy is pervasive. Facebook/Meta is the prime example of what goes wrong when algorithms, an obsession with monetisation and a general lack of respect for human principles and ethics run the show. Meta/FB's increasing power and enormous technological prowess have resulted in rampant manipulation, fast-spreading misinformation, a boom in fake news, reality distortions and half-truths, and generally have amplified a feeling of despondency and loneliness among many of it's users (particularly on Instagram). On top of this FB/Meta represents the most perfect surveillance machine ever invented - and we've all been sucked into accepting this as 'normal'. And now, meta-master Zuck wants us to follow him into his glorious Metaverse, where we can be anyone, anywhere, anytime, and literally live in his perfect simulations. Who needs that messy real-life when you can have a perfect virtual life, anyway? I have a hunch that the Metaverse might turn out to be everything we've ever wanted, but will offer little of what we really NEED. In this video, I contemplate the implications and consequences of the concept that the Metaverse is the next edition of social media (and indeed the Internet)... only 100x as troublesome. In this video I also address the overall challenges of social media such as the many side-effects of AI-based content automation, and the aberrations resulting from what I call 'digital obesity' and excessive FOMO. I have come to the conclusion that too many social media companies - and particularly FB/Meta - have become a lot like 'Big Oil' - the externalities of their activities are not their concern; let someone else worry about them! I believe that we are facing a new threat of 'digital pollution' on top of the environmental pollution we have already caused - and that this has even more potential to damage our societies.

Here is an edited and improved version (much better audio) of my January 31 '22 session for my Youtube subscribers, social media followers, readers and viewers, on the #metaverse (or rather, what I call the MetaPERverse :). The q&a session is not included here but you can watch it on the live-stream replay version here: https://youtu.be/IwWOmXj2WJE "The so-called metaverse is the latest and the boldest attempt to replace human relationships and experiences with highly monetizable simulations, reducing complex human life to data feeds, fancy graphics and AI-fuelled convenience: Consensual hallucinations sold as ‘human empowerment'. We should be careful what we wish for – such as to live in an ultra-convenient, amazing new world where we can be anyone and do anything – as we may find that our new virtual dwellings may seemingly allow us to gain a few new riches while endangering our very humanity and leading us away from real happiness" Go to http://www.themetaperverse.com to get the latest updates!

This is an edited and much-improved audio-version of the #FutureMindset session and online meeting with me aka #Futurist Gerd Leonhard, live on Youtube January 17 2022 7pm CET. The q&a session is included, as well. Watch the YT version here: https://youtu.be/f3pQmOUlYsQ PLEASE NOTE: We are now doing a livestream every 4 weeks: https://gerd.fm/eventbrite In this edition, there is a 15-minute presentation by me, on The #FutureMindset, followed by 20 minutes q&a. For more context, read https://www.futuristgerd.com/2021/04/how-to-nurture-a-future-mindset-highlights-from-a-virtual-keynote/

This is the audio version only of 'The Good Future explained'. In my 2021 film The Good Future https://www.futuristgerd.com/sharing/thegoodfuturefilm/ and https://youtu.be/yHC5n7G5SeI and www.goodfuture.tv (downloads, as well!) I talk about why I think a "Good Future" is entirely possible, and what it may look like as far as business, education, healthcare, energy, society and technology is concerned, and how we can make it happen. Since the film's release, I have received many comments requesting to dive deeper into each topic, and to provide more context. Hence this new film: The Good Future EXPLAINED, a tour-de-force across what I call the DDR: Digitization (the ethical use of exponential technologies), Decarbonisation (shifting to renewable energy and away from fossil fuels towards green/sustainable/circular 'everything') and finally, #Reformation (a new economic logic based on the 4Ps: People, Planet, Purpose and Prosperity). The film features many interesting examples, infographics, tweets, videos and other media - I hope you find it entertaining and inspiring. If so, please share widely!! More details about The Good Future are at https://vimeo.com/showcase/8287594 https://gerd.fm/tgftopic (speaking topic) https://gerd.fm/3FLm7mB (tweets #thegoodfuture) Executive Producer and Narrator: Gerd Leonhard Editor and Co-Producer: Sylvain Collet MUSIC (all via Musicbed.com) Roots : By the way, May Survive: Watermark high Beggars: Boundary Run

This is the audio version only of a presentation providing further insights into the topics introduced in my latest film "The Good Future" see https://www.thegoodfuturefilm.com and https://youtu.be/yHC5n7G5SeI ... such as the future of technology, decarbonization and capitalism. I will have a new video with additional explanations on how we can create The Good Future later this month, as well. Stay tuned via @gleonhard on twitter or via my newsletter www.gerd.digital Worth watching this video presentation on https://youtu.be/jyJaKToAfpg - I used the pretty cool mmhmm app to record this. The background is b-roll footage we shot in beautiful lanzarote, the overlays are alpha images my team made for me. Get more details on my public dropmark folder here https://teamgerd.dropmark.com/ As a Futurist and Keynote Speaker, I talk to many people from all over the world and in the past few years I have observed the increased adoption of a rather negative view of the future. IMHO, though, not only is the present already better than the past, but the FUTURE has strong potential to be even better! “The Good Future” film is meant as an introduction to what will become the dominant focus of my work, going forward: What would a Good Future look like, and what can we do right here and now to bring it about?

This is Futurist Gerd Leonhard's audio version only of his complete virtual keynote at the FCEM Kagider 2021 in Istanbul, Nov 4 2021, see full version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WyLNpt6AfpE Thanks to everyone at FCEM and the Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey. Science fiction is becoming science fact. The power of women as global drivers of change is exponentially increasing as well. Countries run by women have already fared much better during the covid crisis. Business as usual is dead or dying - the next ten years will bring more change than the previous 100 years. Download this video via https://vimeo.com/640653791 Subscribe to Futurist Gerd leonhard's latest findings at http://www.gerd.digital/

This is Futurist Gerd Leonhard's audio version of his keynote for the German American Club at Harvard. See event here: https://www.germanamericanconference.org/ As science fiction is increasingly becoming science fact, we will likely have all the tools (tech) - but will we have the TELOS (the wisdom, will, purpose)? What is the Future of Europe, and what is the role of USA-Germany collaboration? The Good Future is entirely possible; we just need to make the right decisions today! Watch this keynote on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kKV6Al-sEoE Keep up with Gerd's latest news on www.gerd.live