The Next Billion Seconds with Mark Pesce
Ampel
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Hosted by award-winning podcast creator, journalist & futurist Mark Pesce, The Next Billion Seconds is everything you need to know about the future — so you can make the best decisions today. The rate of change we are experiencing is the fastest humanity has ever seen. Stay informed as Mark simplifies the complex technological and societal changes we face. How we will work, connect, use money, drive, eat is all changing at a rapid pace. For more information on The Next Billion seconds with Mark Pesce, please check out https://nextbillionseconds.com
For more information about this podcast and The Next Billion Seconds, please visit https://nextbillionseconds.com. The Next Billion Seconds with Mark Pesce is produced by Ampel - https://ampel.com.au.
Hosted by award-winning podcast creator, journalist & futurist Mark Pesce, The Next Billion Seconds is everything you need to know about the future — so you can make the best decisions today. The rate of change we are experiencing is the fastest humanity has ever seen. Stay informed as Mark simplifies the complex technological and societal changes we face. How we will work, connect, use money, drive, eat is all changing at a rapid pace. For more information on The Next Billion seconds with Mark Pesce, please check out https://nextbillionseconds.com
For more information about this podcast and The Next Billion Seconds, please visit https://nextbillionseconds.com. The Next Billion Seconds with Mark Pesce is produced by Ampel - https://ampel.com.au.
Episodes
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Dec 8, 2020 • 34min
What’s the secret to building a better world?
Do we have surrender our hopes for utopia, or can we learn from others who found the levers to move our world to a better place? Together, are we strong enough to use these tools to change our course?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 10, 2020 • 30min
Could PayPal be the tipping point for cryptocurrencies?
PayPal is the global leader in payments. Early in 2021 they’ll offer Bitcoin to their nearly half billion users, changing how we think of money. Are we ‘crossing the Rubicon’ into a time when cryptocurrencies are used and traded by people everywhere?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 21, 2020 • 28min
Should a video game simulate the whole world?
We’re rapidly erasing the boundary between the make-believe worlds of video games and the real world of sensors and visualisation. Microsoft’s Flight Simulator 2020 allows you to fly over the whole world - with all the cities and countryside presented in detail - just as they are in reality. Is it now possible to “fly" through everything we know about the world - But there's even more being simulated for us to explore, from ground level, all the way up to the heavens.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 14, 2020 • 28min
Is there a “secret history” of video games?
In the late 90s, military technology collided with entertainment, a destiny reaching back to the first flight simulators, nearly a century ago. We have amazing games today because of the Cold War - and a historic tank battle no one saw coming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 23, 2020 • 27min
Will work ever be the same and how do we hang onto our jobs?
The post-COVID world won’t be dominated by office work. We’ll blend technologies - and new leadership skills - to create meaningful 21st century jobs. Australian tech giant 'Atlassian’s' “work futurist” Dom Price and Sally Dominguez share insights we can all apply to craft a career that’s both satisfying, and resilient in a world of rising automation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 21, 2020 • 26min
If your car can phone home, can it be stolen?
It should be getting harder to steal - but connectivity is helping thieves, possibly even more than it helps us protect ourselves from theft. So, now that everything is connected can our possessions tell us where they are so we can bring them home? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 16, 2020 • 28min
What will flying be like in a post-COVID world?
Can airlines recover after the 99% fall in International flights during the pandemic? If they do, will we even be able to afford the ticket? Is there any future in cheap travel? Airline expert Ron Bartsch takes us on a journey through the near future of air travel : It looks a lot like the past, when air travel was expensive - and subsidised by governments.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 14, 2020 • 31min
Can we fight bushfires with cool burns?
Life in the bush can be beautiful - and dangerous. Can a simple examination of our homes make them safer in bushfires? How can we ‘read’ the bush - and heal it - to avoid catastrophic bushfires? Mark Pesce speaks with Indigenous land and fire expert Victor Steffenson about what we don’t know about the bush - and should. Architect Ian Weir then walks us through some simple steps to make a home in the bush more resistant to bushfire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 9, 2020 • 25min
Why are we seeing more heatwaves?
How can we prepare for more frequent heatwaves? The hot, dry conditions that preceded our Black Summer bushfires are becoming more common. Paleoclimatologist Nerilie Abram used coral samples to look back into a thousand years of climate, and heatwave expert Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick analysed the last seventy years of global data about heatwaves. Our climate past gives us a view into a hot future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 7, 2020 • 36min
Designing for Flood Resilience in a Wetter World
Fire, Floods, COVID 19, what can we expect to happen next and how can we be ready for it? Over the next 6 episodes we have put together the 'Users Guide to the Future'. Starting with the future of rain, heavier rain, causing coastal erosion and floods. How can we prepare to meet these risks - to keep ourselves and homes safe?We listened to some of the world's leading climate scientists - including Australian of the Year Tim Flannery - to learn all about the future of precipitation, then spoke with a leading architect on how to make our homes resilient in floods - and even a storm surge!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
