We’re asking each of the participants in The World Transformed to give us their thoughts on one major coming transformation. Here are Martin Ford’s answers: If you were to pick just one current or coming transformation that you would advise people to focus on, which one would that be? The impact of accelerating technology on …
Category Archive: Transformations
Aug
09
Joseph Jackson on Wealth Transformed
We’re asking each of the participants in The World Transformed to give us their thoughts on one major coming transformation. Here are Joseph Jackson’s answers: If you were to pick just one current or coming transformation that you would advise people to focus on, which one would that be? The emergence of an infrastructure to …
Aug
09
Paul Fernhout on Abundance
We’re asking each of the participants in The World Transformed to give us their thoughts on one major coming transformation. Here arwe Paul Fernhout’s thoughts on coming to grips with the technologies of abundance. If you were to pick just one current or coming transformation that you would advise people to focus on, which one …
Aug
05
James Hughes on Automation and Unemployment
We’re asking each of the participants in The World Transformed to give us their thoughts on one major coming transformation. Here are James Hughes’ thoughts on one of the dangerous downsides of widespread automation: If you were to pick just one current or coming transformation that you would advise people to focus on, which one would …
Aug
03
Natasha Vita-More on Personal Identity
We’re asking each of the participants in The World Transformed to give us their thoughts on one major coming transformation. Here are Natasha Vita-More’s answers If you were to pick just one current or coming transformation that you would advise people to focus on, which one would that be? A stronger engagement with one’s personal …
Aug
03
Bruce Katz on Neural Enhancement
We’re asking each of the participants in The World Transformed to give us their thoughts on one major coming transformation. Here Bruce Katz’ thoughts on neural enhancement: If you were to pick just one current or coming transformation (does not have to be the one we’re talking about Wednesday) that you would advise people to …
Aug
02
Jime Elvidge on Human Destiny
We’re asking each of the participants in The World Transformed to give us their thoughts on one major coming transformation. Here are Jim Elvidge’s thoughts on human destiny If you were to pick just one current or coming transformation that you would advise people to focus on, which one would that be? Despite my core …
Jul
19
Sonia Arrison on Human Enhancement
We’re asking each of the participants in The World Transformed to give us their thoughts on one major coming transformation. Here are Sonia Arrison’s thoughts on human upgrading and enhancement Why should we be concerned about this transformation? The ability to enhance and augment humans will affect all of us, even those who choose not …
Jul
18
J. Storrs Hall on our Nanofuture
Some ponderings from J. Storrs Hall in the form of excerpts from his book, Nanofuture. A well-used basketball is covered with a layer of sweat, oils, dead skin cells, and living bacteria. This layer is thicker on the scale of the basketball than the layer of life, the biosphere, is on the scale of the …
Jul
13
Christine Peterson on Life Extension
We’re asking each of the participants in The World Transformed to give us their thoughts on one major coming transformation. Here are Christine Peterson’s answers: If you were to pick just one current or coming transformation that you would advise people to focus on, which one would that be? While all of the transformations covered …