Sleep is one of nature’s great remaining mysteries. Cats do it, dogs do it, koalas do it (famously, for up to 22 hours a day) and humans do it, of course – but nobody really knows why.“Despite decades…
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Goodbye commuting, hello event-based working! That’s one of the ways Carlo Ratti expects our lives to change following the coronavirus pandemic.The acclaimed architect and Director of MIT’s Seseable C…
It’s easy to forget in times of turmoil, but life has always been unpredictable, full of events that no one could have foreseen, rich with moments of surprise. The coronavirus pandemic is merely ampli…
To kick off DLD Sync, our new interactive online event format, we invited Oxford economist Carl Benedikt Frey for a conversation on the future of work and what history can teach us about managing the …
In his new book The Technology Trap, Oxford economist Carl Benedikt Frey examines the parallels between the Industrial Revolution and the digital revolution. Frey, a leading researcher on the future o…
Artificial intelligence is a key technology, often seen as decisive for the future of whole nations: If you know how to build the smartest algorithms you can hope to conquer the world with self-drivin…
Never in history has there been more knowledge at our fingertips than today – and at the same time, whatever knowledge and skills we acquire is likely to become obsolete more quickly, due to the rapid…
Digital transformation does not only have effects on products, business strategies and processes. A central success factor for successful transformation are the people who implement and support change…
Esther Perel is recognized as one of today’s most insightful and original voices on modern relationships. With her podcast “Where Should We Begin?” the Belgian psychotherapist invites the listene…
Despite multiple and long-term efforts by business, legislation and politics to balance out the gender gap in corporate leadership, the figures of women in C-suite positions in corporate as well as po…
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Business in the Exponential Age: “You Have To Take On More Risk”
In this DLD interview, Azeem Azhar, author of “Exponential”, explains why change keeps speeding up – and what all of us can do to master the challenges ahead.
Make Uncertainty Your Friend!
Don’t try to fight uncertainty, learn to manage it, author and consultant Margaret Heffernan says. Watch her DLD Sync session with Niki Kolev about better ways to deal with risk.
Listen To the Nuzik: Brian Eno on Art, Earth And Humanity
Musician Brian Eno is an eager explorer of connections between art, science and society. His DLD Sync session was full of wondrous insights and enlightening moments.
Maria Ressa’s Fight for Democracy in the Digital Age
“A lie told a million times becomes fact”, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa told the DLD audience in 2020. Her fight against disinformation is more important than ever…
The Future of Human Evolution
Biotechnology promises to revolutionize health and medicine. Harvard geneticist George Church shared his insights in a DLD Sync session with Ellen Jorgensen and Jamie Metzl.
DLD Holiday Calendar 2021
One highlight per day: In our holiday calendar we’re presenting outstanding talks and inspiring moments of the year in DLD. Take a look!