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Preface: The fourth industrial revolution is blurring the lines between physical, digital, and biological spheres. This complex transformation is changing the way we do many things, it is shifting the power dynamics, and requiring that more transparency be shared by our leaders and influencers. What are the steps needed to allow all sides to elicit trust between one another? How can we encourage more collaboration between individuals, public and private sectors and other convening powers to address key challenges and opportunities relevant to our local, national and international communities?
Panelists:
Marc Beckles - Sr. Director, Youth Strategy & Innovation, RBC
Interviewer: Mack Male - Co-Founder, Taproot Edmonton
One of the most central ideas to the 4IR is the speed of change and the amount that has happened in such a short period of time. Ray Kurzweil argues that technology change is actually exponential. This is really important because humans are terrible at understanding exponential change. We generally overestimate what we can do in a short period of time and underestimate what we can do in the long-term.
Here’s a quote from a critic of all the technological change going on, Andrew Keen, who has written multiple books on this topic. He says “everything is getting perpetually upgraded, except us. What it means to the human today is bound up in network technology particularly thinking machines. If there is to be a new renaissance, this relationship with smart tech will be the core of its new humanizm.
I thought that was really important to frame this conversation about collaboration because you need humans to collaborate. What if there are no human jobs to do so?
Preface: The fourth industrial revolution is blurring the lines between physical, digital, and biological spheres. This complex transformation is changing the way we do many things, it is shifting the power dynamics, and requiring that more transparency be shared by our leaders and influencers. What are the steps needed to allow all sides to elicit trust between one another? How can we encourage more collaboration between individuals, public and private sectors and other convening powers to address key challenges and opportunities relevant to our local, national and international communities?
Panelists:
Marc Beckles - Sr. Director, Youth Strategy & Innovation, RBC
Interviewer: Mack Male - Co-Founder, Taproot Edmonton
One of the most central ideas to the 4IR is the speed of change and the amount that has happened in such a short period of time. Ray Kurzweil argues that technology change is actually exponential. This is really important because humans are terrible at understanding exponential change. We generally overestimate what we can do in a short period of time and underestimate what we can do in the long-term.
Here’s a quote from a critic of all the technological change going on, Andrew Keen, who has written multiple books on this topic. He says “everything is getting perpetually upgraded, except us. What it means to the human today is bound up in network technology particularly thinking machines. If there is to be a new renaissance, this relationship with smart tech will be the core of its new humanizm.
I thought that was really important to frame this conversation about collaboration because you need humans to collaborate. What if there are no human jobs to do so?