In your book, shaping the world, you discuss how sculpture has been around for millennia. Can you seek to tell us why you think that art and sculpture as such a vital part of the human experience? It's an extraordinary thing, i think, to see in our ancestors, the results of ostrapthicus robustus making these extraordinary, completely sphere crystalline rocks. By implication, the world changes, i believe, is a fundamental, in a way, act of hope that means that things can change and hopefully get better.
We live in a time of greater uncertainty than ever before in human history. We are poised between the twin precipices of climate change and rapidly accelerating technological development. How we manage them will determine whether our future is one where humans will thrive, falter or something in between. Welcome to the Futureverse – brought to you by Intelligence Squared and Y TREE – a space to explore the ideas that will shape our future.
In this episode, three leading thinkers come together to debate the motion, ‘Will The World Be A Better Place in 5, 50 and 500 Years?’ The sculptor Sir Antony Gormley champions the role of art in public spaces in a future society that puts community and care at its centre. Climate change activist Clover Hogan argues that the next ten years will be crucial for determining the next 50. Tech entrepreneur and former chief business officer at Google X, Mo Gawdat considers how we can imbue AI with values aligned to those of humanity. Expertly hosted by broadcaster Jon Sopel, this is a conversation that is guaranteed to change the way you think about the future.
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