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Key Insights: What We Learned at DLD All Stars
A world in crisis is also a world of opportunities. This was on full display at DLD All Stars, our three-day online conference that featured top speakers from politics, business,…
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The New Deal for Innovation
With its New European Bauhaus initiative the EU Commission aims to bring together innovators from different backgrounds to develop creative solutions for a better tomorrow. “In one sentence, it’s a…
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Universal Basic Income
Handing out money to all citizens, no questions asked, so that everyone can pay the rent and no one needs to worry about tomorrow’s lunch: That’s the idea behind a…
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Creating a Self-Sovereign Identity for All Citizens
In this passionate plea for data sovereignty, Don Tapscott argues that the platform economy is broken: Technology giants earn billions by collecting their users’ information and selling insights to advertisers.…
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Data and Democracy
How much freedom do technology companies need to be truly innovative? And where should government step in to protect privacy, consumers and market competition? Former Vice President of the EU…
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AI and the Post-Work World
What can artificial intelligence do – and where will humans always be superior? These are the core questions revolving around the future of work that AI expert Dr. Kai-Fu Lee…
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Scott Galloway: Twenty-One
In his trademark rapid-fire fashion, NYU professor Scott Galloway analyzes current trends in technology and business for the year ahead. His predictions include: Apple will buy Peloton, Amazon will move…
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The Incongruity Between Technology and the Social Fabric
Former Google ethicist Tristan Harris co-founded the Center for Humane Technology after realizing how manipulative many social media platforms have become – doing everything to keep users engaged, even if…
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Humanity’s Future in Virtual Worlds
There’s much more to virtual reality than gaming, as Improbable CEO Herman Narula explains in his DLD All Stars presentation. Running complex simulations in virtual worlds could bring many benefits…
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Beautiful Numbers
Things may look dire due to the Covid-19 pandemic but no, it’s not all bad. While times of crisis may make it seem as if the world is going in…
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Urbanism Reloaded: Empowering the Countryside
When mobility is changing, cities are changing. Architect Rem Koolhaas – founder of OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture) – is known as a visionary, always ahead of his times. In…
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What’s Next, Jimmy?
In his DLD All Stars presentation, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales analyzes the current technology landscape and explains what separates “good tech” from “bad tech” – regarding its influence on society.…
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Seeing the World With AI
Take a deep dive into AI and image processing with computer scientist Reinhard Heckel (Technical University Munich) as he discusses how neural networks are enabling a new era of imaging technologies that generate high-quality and accurate images for various applications. Imaging has...
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Biodiverse Metropoles
Stefano Boeri, an Italian architect known for his “vertical forest” buildings that integrate trees into high-rise structures, discusses his vision for more sustainable and biodiverse cities with star curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. Boeri explains how the vertical forest concept was driven by...
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