In this episode of the Life in 2030 podcast, we explore the tools governments will use to support the hordes of unemployed workers that technology will make obsolete. In particular, we explore the growing support among government and Silicon Valley leaders for the Universal Basic Income.

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SPECIAL GUESTS

*Jim Pugh, Cofounder of the Universal Income Project, an organization devoted to the expansion of economic security and human dignity through the implementation of a universal income in America. Learn more about their work here: http://www.universalincome.org/

*Jenna van Draanen, Executive Board Member for the Basic Income Canada Network. Learn more about their petition to advance the support for the UBI at: http://www.basicincomecanada.org/

*Andrew Stern, former president of the Service Employees International Union and currently a Fellow at Columbia University, whose new book — Raising the Floor: How a Universal Basic Income can renew our economy and rebuild the American dream — is out now and available for order here: http://raisingthefloorbook.com/#

LISTENER FEEDBACK

What do you think? Will a Universal Basic Income save our solve the issue of widescale unemployment? Will it save our economic system from collapse? Do you think it will create a nation Netflix watching couch potatoes?

Send us your thoughts at [email protected]. We’ll publish the most thoughtful feedback on our website.

Or post a comment in one of our Future of Work articles, also published on Quantumrun.com. We go into way more detail about this topic there.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TOPIC

Read the rest of our Future of Work series here: http://www.quantumrun.com/series/future-work 

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CREDITS

Executive producer, writer and narrator: David Tal, President of Quantumrun. Reach him @DavidTalWrites across all social media.

Producer and podcast editor: Kaelah Shimonov

All music heard throughout this podcast was composed by Karl Gutowski.  

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Alex Winter shares his thoughts about how cities are stealing power away from national governments as they swell in size, population, complexity, and economic influence—ultimately resembling the Italian city states of old.

GUEST

Alex Winter, CEO and Founder, of Placemeter is urban intelligence platform that works with a large range of municipal governments (and retailers) worldwide to help them make more informed decisions about how they grow.

FULL PODCAST

Listen to the entire interview from the Life in 2030 podcast here:

http://www.quantumrun.com/podcast/episodes/future-cities-urbanizing-our-world-s1e6/

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What do you think? What role will this global shift toward city life shaping our society, business, and politics over the coming decades? Share your thoughts in the comments below. We’ll publish the most thoughtful feedback on our website, Quantumrun.com.

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Alex Winter shares his thoughts about the trends that will drive tomorrow urban growth, covering topics like transportation, making cities pedestrian friendly, innovations in financing city construction.

GUEST

Alex Winter, CEO and Founder, of Placemeter is urban intelligence platform that works with a large range of municipal governments (and retailers) worldwide to help them make more informed decisions about how they grow.

FULL PODCAST

Listen to the entire interview from the Life in 2030 podcast here:

http://www.quantumrun.com/podcast/episodes/future-cities-urbanizing-our-world-s1e6/

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What do you think? What role will this global shift toward city life shaping our society, business, and politics over the coming decades? Share your thoughts in the comments below. We’ll publish the most thoughtful feedback on our website, Quantumrun.com.

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Alex Winter shares his thoughts about how urban planners can use A/B testing to design more efficient cities of the future.

GUEST

Alex Winter, CEO and Founder, of Placemeter is urban intelligence platform that works with a large range of municipal governments (and retailers) worldwide to help them make more informed decisions about how they grow.

FULL PODCAST

Listen to the entire interview from the Life in 2030 podcast here:

http://www.quantumrun.com/podcast/episodes/future-cities-urbanizing-our-world-s1e6/

LISTENER FEEDBACK

What do you think? What role will this global shift toward city life shaping our society, business, and politics over the coming decades? Share your thoughts in the comments below. We’ll publish the most thoughtful feedback on our website, Quantumrun.com.

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Darren Harnett shares his thoughts about the unique trends and challenges that Millennials will be the first to address once they are elected into political power.

GUEST

Darren Harnett, Futurist, Consultant, Educator, and President of Harnett Foresight

Learn more about his services at http://darrenharnett.com/

FULL PODCAST

Listen to the entire interview from the Life in 2030 podcast here:

http://www.quantumrun.com/podcast/episodes/the-future-of-generation-xers/

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What role will Gen Xers play in shaping our society, business, and politics over the next two years? Share your thoughts in the comments below. We’ll publish the most thoughtful feedback on our website, Quantumrun.com.

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Darren Harnett shares his thoughts about about the unique trends and challenges that Generation X will be the first to address once they are elected into political power.

GUEST

Darren Harnett, Futurist, Consultant, Educator, and President of Harnett Foresight

Learn more about his services at http://darrenharnett.com/

FULL PODCAST

Listen to the entire interview from the Life in 2030 podcast here:

http://www.quantumrun.com/podcast/episodes/the-future-of-generation-xers/

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What role will Gen Xers play in shaping our society, business, and politics over the next two years? Share your thoughts in the comments below. We’ll publish the most thoughtful feedback on our website, Quantumrun.com.

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Darren Harnett shares his thoughts about Generation X and their priorities once they get elected into office by the 2020s.

GUEST

Darren Harnett, Futurist, Consultant, Educator, and President of Harnett Foresight

Learn more about his services at http://darrenharnett.com/

FULL PODCAST

Listen to the entire interview from the Life in 2030 podcast here:

http://www.quantumrun.com/podcast/episodes/the-future-of-generation-xers/

LISTENER FEEDBACK

What role will Gen Xers play in shaping our society, business, and politics over the next two years? Share your thoughts in the comments below. We’ll publish the most thoughtful feedback on our website, Quantumrun.com.

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Darren Harnett shares his thoughts about millennials and their priorities once they get elected into office by the 2030s.

GUEST

Darren Harnett, Futurist, Consultant, Educator, and President of Harnett Foresight

Learn more about his services at http://darrenharnett.com/

FULL PODCAST

Listen to the entire interview from the Life in 2030 podcast here:

http://www.quantumrun.com/podcast/episodes/the-future-of-generation-xers/

LISTENER FEEDBACK

What role will Gen Xers play in shaping our society, business, and politics over the next two years? Share your thoughts in the comments below. We’ll publish the most thoughtful feedback on our website, Quantumrun.com.

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In this episode of the Life in 2030 podcast, we explore the tools we’ll use to reshape human evolution, or at the very least, our own bodies, within our lifetime. This episode is about becoming superhuman.

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SPECIAL GUESTS

Robin Farmanfarmaian, VP at Invicta Medical, BoD at Organ Preservation Alliance

*Read her new book, The Patient as CEO: https://www.amazon.ca/Patient-CEO-Technology-Empowers-Healthcare/dp/161961376X

*Website: http://robinff.com/

LISTENER FEEDBACK

What do you think? Would you take advantage of these coming medical tools to enhance your body or mind? Do you think these body modifications will be accepted by society at large or become just another subculture?

Send us your thoughts at [email protected]. We’ll publish the most thoughtful feedback on our website, Quantumrun.com.

Or post a comment in one of our Future of Health articles, also published on Quantumrun.com. We go into way more detail about this topic there.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TOPIC

This podcast was based off of this article in our Future of Human Evolution series: http://www.quantumrun.com/prediction/biohacking-superhumans-future-human-evolution-p3

We also discuss these topics in our Future of Health series here: http://www.quantumrun.com/series/future-health

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CREDITS

Executive producer, writer, narrator: David Tal, President of Quantumrun. Reach him @DavidTalWrites across all social media.

Producer and podcast editor: Kaelah Shimonov

All music heard throughout this podcast was composed by Karl Gutowski.

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In this episode of the Life in 2030 podcast, we explore the Future of Cities, how they’ll grow, why we’re drawn to them, and the new set of powers they’ll steal away from future governments.

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SPECIAL GUESTS

*Parag Khanna is an international relations expert and best-selling author. His recent book, CONNECTOGRAPHY, looks at the growth of cities and how they will determine the future of global civilization.

You can learn more about his book here: http://www.paragkhanna.com/connectography

Parag Khanna is the managing partner of Hybrid Reality Pte Ltd, a boutique geostrategic advisory firm.

*Alex Winter, CEO and Founder, of Placemeter is urban intelligence platform that works with a large range of municipal governments (and retailers) worldwide to help them make more informed decisions about how they grow.

LISTENER FEEDBACK

What do you think? What role will this global shift toward city life shaping our society, business, and politics over the coming decades?

Send us your thoughts at [email protected]. We’ll publish the most thoughtful feedback on our website, Quantumrun.com.

Or post a comment in one of our Future of Cities articles, also published on Quantumrun.com. We go into way more detail about this topic there.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TOPIC

This podcast is based off of this Quantumrun.com article:

http://www.quantumrun.com/prediction/our-future-urban-future-cities-p1

Read the rest of our Future of Cities series.

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CREDITS

Executive producer, writer, narrator: David Tal, President of Quantumrun. Reach him @DavidTalWrites across all social media.

Producer and podcast editor: Kaelah Shimonov

All music heard throughout this podcast was composed by Karl Gutowski.

SUPPORT THE PODCAST

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