For this episode, I spoke with globally recognised futurist and international speaker, author and authority on the future of business, technology and society Theo Priestley. He also co-authored the new book The Future Is Now - Expert Insights Into The Future of Business, Technology and Society

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All references made throughout this episode can be found below:

https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/

https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/books/theo-priestley-and-bronwyn-williams/the-future-starts-now/9781472981509/

https://za.linkedin.com/in/bronwynwilliams

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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/predicting-when-people-quit-jobs-toshiaki-takeuchi

https://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/facebook-relationship-study_n_4784291?ri18n=true

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344868127_Machine_Learning_Algorithm_for_Intelligent_Prediction_for_Military_Logistics_and_Planning

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https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/modern-wisdom/id1347973549

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/modern-wisdom/id1347973549?i=1000524313008

FYI the person who stated that if Barrack Obama was a dictator, he’d get more done was Scroobius Pip in this episode of the Distractions Pieces Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/distraction-pieces-podcast-with-scroobius-pip/id929136539?i=1000325389786

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/10/17222062/mark-zuckerberg-testimony-graham-facebook-regulations

Here is where Steve-O says that profound quote about death a lot clearer than I did - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mLOCxCpp5D0

https://www.tesla.com/en_gb

https://www.spacex.com/

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/urban-tunnels-musk-s-boring-co-draw-industry-skepticism-n1269677

https://www.boringcompany.com/not-a-flamethrower

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/24/elon-musk-warned-of-ai-apocalypsenow-hes-building-a-tesla-robot.html

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-24/tom-cruise-deepfake-chris-ume-security-washington-dc/100234772

https://www.unite.ai/real-time-deepfake-streaming-with-deepfacelive/

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/rogue-one-cgi-grand-moff-tarkin-actor-peter-cushing-princess-leia-carrie-fisher-animated-a7483991.html

https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-the-nhs-is-killing-paper-records-to-save-lives/

Quick fire round questions courtesy of Tim Ferriss via his podcast The Tim Ferriss Show and James Lipton from the TV show Inside The Actors Studio

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https://www.metapunk.co.uk/

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/theopriestley

https://www.theopriestley.com/

https://twitter.com/tprstly?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

https://youtu.be/UrT-7eMXvfc

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