The world is going to hell in a handbasket. Temperatures are rising, extreme weather events too, and we all know what will happen if warming exceeds the 1.5C “safe-ish” threshold set by innumerable climate experts to avoid the worst effects of climate change. Thankfully, although much of the world has simply failed to react and...
News flash: The crypto and blockchain crowd have rebranded to web3. They probably thought it sounded better and didn’t want all the baggage that hundreds of scam ICOs, STOs and skirted securities laws brought with the term blockchain. In a way, it was a bit like Facebook changing its name to Meta. Crypto’s biggest players...
In case you haven’t heard… climate change. Need I say more? Between rising temperatures, increasingly frequent “natural” disasters and the unforeseen, terrifying consequences of everything from ocean acidification, alterations in rain and agricultural outputs and the inevitable waves of climate refugees seeking asylum, the world is in for a wild ride. But you know all...
Is this the Death of Dirty Business? Written by Matt Ward and Gerd Leonhard Since the advent of the microprocessor, and even more so since the dotcom boom and bust cycle of the 90s, the economy has been transforming from one based on hard goods, assets, and rxaw materials to one focused almost entirely on...
Written by Matt Ward and Gerd Leonhard Adam Smith, with his landmark book The Wealth of Nations, published in 1776, is recognized by most as the father of capitalism. In 1970, Milton Friedman built upon Smith’s legacy with the Friedman doctrine, outlining the basics of what we recognize today as shareholder capitalism — which argues that a...
Surprise, surprise… Uber got shit on by public markets. How long would you be willing to trade a dollar for fifty cents… Is the era of unsustainable, unprofitable growth over? Or is another WeWork in the cards? And what exactly is the future of transportation and ridesharing? I recently interviewed Jarrett Walker (a world-renowned urban infrastructure...
The World Needs More “Real” Superheroes… Whether you see the glass as half full or half empty, I think we can both agree, sometimes it makes sense to just fill the damn cup. And that’s the focus of today’s article, part two in our series on Existential Risk. If you missed that, check that out...
To date, I’ve had the opportunity to interview some of the world’s smartest and most considered folks focused on technology, ethics and the future of all of us on The Disruptors podcast. The conversations have been spectacular, to say the least. But at the same time, our future is fraught with challenges. One of the questions...
Why Regulation is Often Not the Right Response Why is it that often the most uninformed (or corrupt) among us make political decisions that shape the future? I am of course speaking of the recent passing of the SESTA/FOSTA bill to fight online sex trafficking. Talk about a tricky and unfairly named/worded bill. Any entrepreneur...
Quantity and quality are a lot like supply and demand — demands on quality are proportional to the supply available. Beggers can’t be choosers, right? But as society moves further and further into a world of abundance and our options as consumers expand, it becomes harder and harder for businesses (and individuals) to differentiate. Inevitably...