Mar 9, 2020

Keeping Ahead of the Future - Issue #9

By Ross Dawson • Issue #9 • View online

We most certainly live in interesting times! We must consider scenarios of global pandemic, as well as the potential that the current scare recedes before long. Among other impacts, events are being cancelled all over the world, resulting in less travel than usual for me and many others, and more remote presentations and consulting. As we push into the extraordinary 2020s we mustn’t waste this crisis as an opportunity for positive shifts, including in shifting to more remote work and flexibility in how we create collaborative value.

New resources

5 powerful ideas that will shape the 2020s

Ideas shape our world by motivating people to action. These are 5 powerful ideas that I believe will be central to this decade.

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2020 and beyond: heightened climate activism, wealth divides, gender power shifts, entertainment economy

I am interviewed in Good Weekend magazine, reflecting on what we can expect this year and beyond.

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7 lessons learned from 20 years of professional speaking

It is two decades since I became a professional speaker. This is what I have learned on that journey.

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50 years later: Humanity’s adaptation to Future Shock

The complete chapter I contributed to ‘After Shock: The World’s Foremost Futurists Reflect on 50 Years of Future Shock―and Look Ahead to the Next 50’

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The future of society in 15 years: a technology-fueled renaissance and social divides between humans and cyborgs

I was recently interviewed for the launch of the BBC/HBO drama Years and Years, offering my predictions and perspectives for the next 15 years.

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Prediction: the 2020s will build on the last decade of progress for an explosion in augmented realities

Augmented reality did not fulfil its promise in the last decade, but is very likely to do so in the coming years.

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Scanning the edge of the future

Here's How Facebook's Brain-Computer Interface Development is Progressing - IEEE Spectrum

Insights into the technology and strategies its team is using to forge ahead in brain-machine communication.

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Musicians Algorithmically Generate Every Possible Melody, Release Them to Public Domain - VICE

Damien Riehl and Noah Rubin generated and saved every possible melody to a hard drive, then turned it back around to the commons.

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Powerful antibiotic discovered using machine learning for first time - The Guardian

A powerful antibiotic that kills some of the most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria in the world has been discovered using artificial intelligence. It is the first of its kind to be found by setting AI loose on vast digital libraries of pharmaceutical compounds.

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History of the two-day weekend offers lessons for today's calls for a four-day week

The idea of reducing the working week from an average of five days to four is gaining traction around the world. The history of the shift to five days a week is instructive.

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Goldman Sachs will no longer do IPOs for companies with all-male boards

Boards packed with bros don’t get IPOs. That’s the new policy at Goldman Sachs, which won’t take any company public unless it has at least one “diverse” board member.

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Blind Woman Sees With New Implant, Plays Video Game Sent Straight to Her Brain

Thanks to an experimental new brain implant, a blind woman gets her first glimpse of lights, shapes, and people in 15 years.

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Regulators around the world are coming for the gig economy — Quartz

Is the heyday for gig work over?

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By Ross Dawson

Global Futurist, Keynote Speaker, Strategy Advisor, Author
Latest news and insights to help you keep ahead in a rapidly changing world
https://rossdawson.com/

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