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.

Gerdtalks Episode 5 by Futurist Gerd Leonhard: The Future Of Democracy (Audio)

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….”

Special Podcast: Speaking Across Differences Futurist Gerd Leonhard and Prof, Bill Halal

Helen Boaden: Radiodays Europe

Joshua Knobe & Daniel Kahneman - A Characteristic Difference [4.26.16]

While in Sydney, I caught up with Peter Xing, a key figure in the Australian transhumanism movement, and an expert on business automation. We spoke about the road to building cognitive enterprises,  why we need to shift from thinking about digitizing documents to smart contracts, and why the first step in any good digital transformation is defining processes in a way to make your company ‘machine readable’.

Between Worlds

Peter Xing on automation, the blockchain and the race to build the cognitive enterprise

This is a recording of Gerd Leonhard's entire keynote at GESS 2020. https://www.gessdubai.com/

Thanks to the organizers for making this video available! 

Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtkJnqR90BY&feature=youtu.be

Our world will change more in the next 10 years than the previous 100 years, and the way we work will never be the same. A totally blended and diverse workforce, the gig economy as the new normal, virtual and remote work... and most 2030 jobs haven't even been invented yet. What can we expect in the next 10 years, what are the opportunities and challenges that exponential technological progress will bring? What skills will we need, and how must education adapt to a world where machines are learning and 'thinking', and where 9 Billion people will be connected at almost unlimited bandwidth?  The future is better than we think - and we can choose to create it or be created by it!

If you enjoy Gerd's videos and talks, please take a look at his recent book “Technology vs Humanity” www.techvshuman.com or buy it via Amazon gerd.fm/globalTVHamazon - the book is available in 12 languages.

Futurist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard, GESS Dubai 2020: Future of Education, Jobs & Work

Online Conference presented by Futurist Gerd Leonhard. More at https://gerd.fm/2W72hy4 (download the slides there, as well)

Watch the 1st Webinar on YouTube here: https://gerd.fm/38TRjyQ

Guest panelists 
Tim Leberecht: https://gerd.fm/2QjkGUS
Anton Musgrave: https://gerd.fm/39PiNa1
Brad Templeton: https://gerd.fm/2xBNa5u

1. Carbon Taxes: We must embrace the reality that wide-ranging and disruptive carbon taxes are pretty much inevitable. 

2. The Quadruple Bottom Line: The much debated shift to shareholder- (not just shareholder-) value is likely to reboot stock-markets around the world in the next decade, as we transition to what I call the quadruple bottom-line: People, Planet, Purpose and Prosperity 

3. Responsible Investing: 2020 marks the beginning of a New Renaissance as responsible investing – and rapid divestment from fossil fuels...

4. The humanly sustainable use of technology: Too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing: technology should be magic, not manic or even toxic...

Watch the Webinar here: https://gerd.fm/2W72hy4

For more of Gerd Leonhard's complete keynote videos and films please visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOHm-yfLAeTYdLd4fnALewA/videos

Online Conference Gerd Leonhard Sustainability & Capitalism - 12MAR2020

Listen to the excerpt of Gerd's q&a session at the IEEE Global Conference on AI and IoT in Dubai (virtually) on Dec 13 2020 (see https://gcaiot.org/)​    
Culture eats technology for breakfast. The story of the future should not be dominated by Silicon Valley / Big Tech but by civil society. Technology drives our societies but Ethics defines it. Technology is not what we seek but how we seek. We need to move beyond GDP,  towards People Planet Purpose and Prosperity. The key question is not 'what will the future bring' but 'what kind of future do we want'. Do we want to live in a world where technology is the PURPOSE or even the religion...or just the tool. 

Get The 10 Technological and Societal Megashifts Rewiring Our World Free at: https://futuristgerd.com/megashifts​

For my complete keynote videos and films please visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOHm-yfLAeTYdLd4fnALewA/videos

Futurist Humanist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard Q&A Session at #IEEE Global Conference on #AI #IoT

Futurist/Nowist, Keynote Speaker, Digital Dissenter and Deep Observer, Human Futures: http://techvshuman.com/  CEO @FuturesAgency Listed on Wired Top100 2015


Special Podcast: Speaking Across Differences Futurist Gerd Leonhard and Prof, Bill Halal

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