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Future Politics: Living Together in a World Transformed by Tech
“To what extent should our lives be governed by powerful digital systems, and on what terms?”, asks Jamie Susskind in this thought-provoking DLD20 talk. The author and researcher argues that…
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Tomorrows vs. Yesterdays
“We thought the Internet, when it was born, would create democracy and wisdom and freedom”, author Andrew Keen observes in his DLD20 talk. “The opposite is true.” The world is…
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The Age of Foolishness
“I am an increasingly concerned optimist.” That’s the message Siemens Chairman Jim Hagemann Snabe opens his DLD20 speech with. Echoing the words of Charles Dickens, Jim Snabe declares the digital…
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The Coded Gaze: Bias in AI
In her DLD Munich 2020 talk, Joy Buolamwini, founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, paints an alarming picture of the racial, gender and class bias present in current AI systems.…
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More from Less
Human beings have drained Earth’s resources, polluted the planet, and we’re wiping out species of all sorts. In the face of these problems, Andrew McAfee (MIT Sloan) asked the audience…
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Green Energy’s New Dawn
U.K. startup Bulb is reinventing the energy market by making power from renewable sources cheaper and more accessible. DLD spoke with CEO Hayden Wood.
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Jeremy Rifkin: “The Fossil Fuel Civilization Is Collapsing”
In “The Green New Deal”, author Jeremy Rifkin argues that renewable energy can prevent the worst of climate change.
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The Impact of Automation: “We Can Help People Adjust”
In conversation with DLD, Oxford economist Carl Benedikt Frey speaks about his new book “The Technology Trap” and describes the social impact of automation.
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Yes, EU Can!
Making Europe more competitive in the digital world: regulation, privacy protection, entrepreneurship and more – take a look at the main topics discussed at DLD Europe 2019 in Brussels.
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#DLD19 Recap: Everything Must Change
“Adapt or die” has been nature’s governing principle since the beginning of time. Humans are experts at adjusting to change – and entrepreneurs cherish the opportunities that technological progress brings.…
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#DLD19 Recap: A Matter of Trust
Trust is a simple concept that has enormous power. Without trust there would be no community, no commerce, no democracy. Trust requires faith – in another person, in government, in…
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Now Is the Time To Fix the Future
Andrew Keen is a writer, speaker and entrepreneur. In his latest book, How To Fix The Future, he analyzes the intricate interplay between technology, society and democracy. For this essay,…
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Energy & Progress
Human progress is fundamentally linked to energy breakthroughs, prominent investor Albert Wenger, a Partner at Union Square Ventures, vividly illustrates in his DLD25 presentation. “You cannot be a wealthy, low-energy country”, Wenger declares, as he’s showing a chart that shows how GDP...
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Post-Scale Era Media
Few industries have felt the consequences of digital change as dramatically as the news media. Local newspapers are disappearing, readers are switching to social media, advertising keeps vanishing in the direction of Google, Facebook and other tech giants. In his DLD Munich...
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