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The China Startup and VC Revolution and Future of Mobile-Only Businesses | Ramez Naam

March 18, 2019 by Matt

Ramez Naam is a computer scientist, futurist, angel investor and award-winning author best known for his Nexus Trilogy: Nexus, Crux and Apex. His other (non-fiction) books include: The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet and More than Human: Embracing the Promises of Biological Enhancement.

He’s currently co-chair of energy and the environment at Singularity University and earlier in his career led teams at Microsoft working on Outlook, Internet Explorer and Bing where he co-patented 20 inventions, many alongside Bill Gates. Ramez has appeared on Sunday morning MSNBC, Yahoo! Finance, The New York Times, WSJ, PopSci, Wired, and many more. Ramez holds more than 20 patents, and many of those are as a co-inventor with Bill Gates.

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Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security, Privacy, Social Media and Politics | Bruce Schneier

February 8, 2019 by Regine

Bruce Schneier (@schneierblog) is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a “security guru” by The Economist. He is the author of 13 books–including:

In addition to his books, Bruce has hundreds of articles, essays, and academic papers, his influential newsletter “Crypto-Gram” and his blog “Schneier on Security” is read by over 250,000 people.

Bruce has testified before Congress, is a frequent guest on television and radio, has served on several government committees, and is regularly quoted in the press. Schneier is a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School; a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, AccessNow, and the Tor Project; an Advisory Board Member of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and VerifiedVoting.org; and a special advisor to IBM Security and the Chief Technology Officer at IBM Resilient.

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Why Automation Equals More Jobs | Former Presidential Advisor Pippa Malmgren

February 1, 2019 by Regine

Dr. Pippa Malmgren is a futurist trend spotter, public speaker, best selling author and advisor to investors and governments about macroeconomic policy and investment strategy. She is a former Presidential Advisor who served on The National Economic Council in the White House where she was the point person on Enron and Terrorism Risks to the Economy after 911. She was the initial negotiator on Sarbanes Oxley and the Patriot Act and was on the President’s Working Group on Corporate Governance and the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets.

Pippa anticipated the Financial Crisis in 2007, the slowdown in China, Brexit, Trump and the return of inflation. She is ranked in the top 25 Most Influential Economists in the World and one of the top 10 of global experts on Geopolitics and she was ranked in the top 5 on the Most Powerful Women in Finance list, all in 2017.

As an economist, she focuses on how new technologies solve old problems and generate new forms of growth. In 2015 she won the Intelligence Squared Debate on Robotics alongside Walter Isaacson, which was broadcast by the BBC to 80 million homes worldwide, has been published in Wired Magazine, Monocle, The International Economy and other publications and is a regular guest anchor for CNBC, Bloomberg and often on the BBC (radio and TV).

In 2016, her book Signals: How Everyday Signs Can Help Us Navigate the World’s Turbulent Economy became a best-seller on Amazon in four categories after being crowd-funded on Indiegogo. She also wrote Geopolitics for Investors which was commissioned by the CFA:

She is a Non-Executive Board Member of the Department of International Trade in the UK, advising on Brexit. She also serves on the British Ministry of Defence Working Group on Global Strategic Trends and briefs Britain’s top Generals at Sandhurst. She serves on several advisory boards and working groups: She Chairs the Lewis PR Advisory Board (LAB) and is on the Advisory Boards at Real Vision TV, the Ditchley Foundation and Indiana University’s School of Public Policy and Environmental Affairs as well as the Indiana University Manufacturing Initiative.

Pippa founded DRPM Group, an economic advisory firm that helps global firms understand the economic landscape and before that was the Deputy Head of Strategy for UBS and the Chief Currency Strategist for Bankers Trust, ran Bankers Trust’s Asset Management business in Asia from Hong Kong and was named a Global Young Leader by the World Economic Forum.

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The 5 Most Impactful Technologies of 21st Century | Dr James Canton

January 7, 2019 by Regine

Dr. James Canton (@futureguru) is a renowned global futurist, social scientist, keynote presenter, author, and visionary business advisor. He is the CEO and Chairman of the Institute for Global Futures, a leading think tank he founded in 1990 that advises business, the Global Fortune 1000 (like IBM, GE, HP, Boeing, Intel and more) and many governments on future trends in innovation, financial services, health care, population, life sciences, energy, security, workforce, climate change and globalization.

In addition, James is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Research in Innovation at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, on the advisory board of the Corporate Eco Forum and has advised three White House Administrations, the National Science Foundation and MIT’s Media Lab, Europe.

Dr Canton is the author of the following books:

And James is no stranger to media. He was named “the Digital Guru” by CNN and “Dr. Future” by Yahoo, is a commentator on CNN and has been featured on/in CNBC, Fox, PBS, ABC, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Bloomberg Report, The New York Times, US News and World Report, CEO, CIO and CFO Magazines.

And finally, Dr. Canton serves as Co-chairman of the Futures and Forecasting Track at Singularity University.

Listen and Learn:

How the pace of technology acceleration is accelerating
The 5 most impactful areas of tech
How government surveillance and privacy as balanced in the future
Why James is optimistic about the future
The future of work, even including AI
How humanity needs to reinvent healthcare
What it is like working in a governmental think tank
Why quantum computing will change the world
How James advises government and corporations about change and the future
What James learned working at Apple Computer
How systems thinking changes can solve most of the world’s problems
Why our education system is broken and how to fix it

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The Ultimate Guide to Nanotechnology | Steve Burgess of Foresight Institute

December 24, 2018 by Regine

Steve Burgess (@steveburgess01) is the president of Foresight Institute, a nonprofit think tank that researches technologies of important to the future of humanity, focusing on nanotechnology, cybersecurity, and AI and rewards grants to lead scientists and safety initiatives.

Steve is a nanotechnology activist, tech writer & speaker, startup mentor, and an internationally recognized computer forensics consultant. Steve helped found the data recovery industry in the 80s, is a pioneer in today’s growing computer forensics and electronic industry and is active as a digital forensic specialist who oftens testifies as an expert witness in the field.

Steve has reported on Japan’s space programs, contributed various Nanotech Glossaries, is the author of “The (Needed) New Economics of Abundance,” contributor to the text, “Scientific Evidence in Civil and Criminal Cases,” and regularly writes on topics surrounding his passions and expertise at burgessforensics.com

Listen and Learn:

The science of nanotechnology and progress to date
How the boom and bust cycle in nanotech play out
Why Steve is passionate about exponential hope
How AI will impact the future of jobs and economy, beyond the obvious answers
The problem with existential risk and inspiring action
Why Foresight Institute focuses on converging exponential technologies
The implications of biotech and self enhancement
What manufacturing will mean in an era of abundance
The wealth divide and what happens next
How technological innovation will impact our evolution
The reason capitalist incentive structures drive many of our most pressing problems
Why changing policy and law is challenging and grass roots movements matter

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FringeFM 14 – Inside the Mind of a Human Artificial Intelligence with Professor Robin Hanson

August 27, 2018 by Regine

Robin Hanson (@robinhanson)is associate professor of economics at George Mason University, and research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University with a doctorate in social science from CalTech, master’s degrees in physics and philosophy from the University of Chicago. He has spent nine years as a research programmer, at Lockheed and NASA, has 3500 citations, 60 publications, 700 media mentions, and he blogs at OvercomingBias.

Robin is also the author of The Elephant in the Brain – Hidden Motives in Everyday Life and co-authored The Age of Em – Work, Love and Life when Robots Own the World.

Hanson is credited with originating the concept of the Policy Analysis Market, a DARPA project to implement a market for betting on future developments in the Middle East. Hanson also created and supports a proposed system of government called futarchy, where policies would be determined by prediction markets.

Hanson is a man willing to challenge conventional wisdom/norms and has lately drawn criticism for his unconventional economics positions on sex, gender dynamics and problems with today’s society.

Inside the Mind of a Human Artificial Intelligence with Professor Robin Hanson

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