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FBL105: Gerd Leonhard - Empowering Humanity Towards a Good Future

The Singularity Discussion Series

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Gird Leonard is a futurist and speaker. He authored the 2016 book Technology vs Humanity, the coming clash between man and machine. In this episode we explore the ideas that Gird puts forth in his book with a heavy emphasis on how the humanities are a necessary part of what he calls a good future. This takes us on a tour of the failings of transhumanism, the need to update our regulatory systems, questions around our current economic models and incentives,. The impacts of the culture and storytelling on how we shape our future and much more.

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