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Tom Goodwin: We Are Addicted to New Technology


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Why are humans so addicted to new technology? We race to embrace that latest technological development even when it makes a task more difficult. We ignore the inefficiency we just created whilst marvelling at our engineering prowess!


Tom Goodwin points out and corrects these errors in judgement in his work as a consultant, speaker, author and presenter to organisations where the C Suite are at risk of burning resources on adolescent implementations of technology. In a way it's understandable because being more outlandish is the only way futurists and technologists gain enough attention and they have captured boardrooms of companies everywhere.


Tom has a foundational belief of 'human first' and in this discussion we explored:


  • The attraction of technological hyperbole
  • Media is geared for attention seeking and outrage
  • Commonwealth countries resist following the USA into divisive politics
  • The road-centric society
  • When a technology succeeds too rapidly
  • Techno geeks and their brains that took over the world
  • Building empathy into technology
  • Restaurants that ruin themselves with technology
  • Covid-19 excuses in call centres
  • Are cryptocurrencies just technological indulgences?
  • Elon Musk's enormous ego and dedication to free speech
  • Twitter is not a traditional 'public square'
  • The New Normal
  • The pandemic lasted for different lengths of time for different people
  • Questioning reality - are we all just Sims?
  • The importance of working in an office (not from home)
  • Fashionable 'tolerance'
  • Beauty, difference and class structures

  • Watch the full interview at: https://discernable.io/tom-goodwin-we-are-addicted-to-new-technology


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    https://twitter.com/tomfgoodwin

    https://www.amazon.com.au/Digital-Darwinism-Surviving-Business-Disruption/dp/1398601942

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