This is the 2nd episode of "Conversations with Gerd", a new series of short-films produced by Jean Francois Cardella and TFA Studio see http://www.futuristgerd.com/film-studio/ Internet, technology and platform companies are in the process of connecting everyone and everything, and collecting literally every piece of information about our lives. We will have 5 Billion people and 250 Billion devices and sensors connected to the Internet in 2020 - imagine the enourmous power of such a global brain. If the smartphone is already our external brain, what I call 'the global brain' will be infinitely more powerful, a #hellven mix of cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), intelligent assistance (IA), deep learning and cognitive (quantum) computing the Internet of Things (IoT), augmented and virtual reality and much more. We can achieve magic things with this powerful tool, or we can indeed become tools ourselves. Read more about The Global Brain in my new book (see links below), and be sure to check out my Tech vs Human playlist: https://youtu.be/4uo1FlcQENk?list=PLa... Gerd Leonhard Futurist, Author and Keynote Speaker Basel / Switzerland http://www.futuristgerd.com or www.gerdleonhard.de NEW BOOK: www.techvshuman.com Technology vs Humanity' (released Sept 8 2016) - the coming clash of man and machines, see www.techvshuman.com for more details and order details, or order direct va http://fastfuturepublishing.com/main/... or gerd.io/TVHKindle About the book: are you ready for the greatest changes in recent human history? Futurism meets humanism in Gerd Leonhard’s ground-breaking new work of critical observation, discussing the multiple Megashifts that will radically alter not just our society and economy but our values and our biology. Wherever you stand on the scale between technomania and nostalgia for a lost world, this is a book to challenge, provoke, warn and inspire.