The Emerging Futures of Education

EP 06 - Gerd Leonhard - Technology vs Humanity


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In Episode 6 Nick talks with Futurist Gerd Leonhard about:
The importance of developing Foresight for everyone
Our Star Trek future – as long as we collaborate
Key skills that humans need to develop
The future is a mindset not a timeframe
The social aspect of learning
The illusion of not having to work hard to ‘learn’
There is no such thing as ‘the truth’

Bio: Gerd Leonhard Futurist & Humanist, Keynote Speaker
"Humanity will change more in the next 20 years than in the previous 300 years". Gerd Leonhard is a renowned futurist who focuses on near-future, ‘nowist’ observations and actionable foresights in the sectors of humanity, society, business and commerce, media, technology and communications. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts in London, and the CEO of The Futures Agency in Zürich / Switzerland. His latest book 'Technology vs Humanity' is now available in 12 languages. Wired Magazine lists him as No 88 of the top 100 influencers in Europe.

Links and content:

• www.futuristgerd.com
Youtube: www.gerdtube.com
CEO of www.thefuturesagency.com
• LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/gleonhard/
• Twitter https://twitter.com/gleonhard
• email: [email protected]

CONTENT
- Author of "Technology vs. Humanity"
- New 2020 speaking topics: Happiness in the Digital Age
and 'Sustainable is the new Profitable'
- NEW: My 2020 film 'How the Future Works'
- My 2019 film on AI: We Need to Talk about AI
My key memes on video: www.humanity.digital/
- Download my latest short films via Vimeo
Read about The Megashifts, download the free PDF
- On Happiness: Chapter 9 from my book,
- Download my free PDF on 'The Ethics of Technology'
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The Emerging Futures of EducationBy LearnTech Lab - Nick Burnett and Angela O’Sullivan