Best business books of 2021 on The Future, This Week
This week: corporate self-help, schadenfreude, tech broccoli, and real eyeopeners: our 2021 best business books for your Christmas list.
The impending apocalypse happening in plain sight: a response to the latest IPCC report
Is the roadmap to net zero emissions afflicted by the politics of predatory delay?
Ray-Ban Stories let you wear Facebook on your face. But why would you want to?
Facebook is adamant its new “smart glasses” won’t be a privacy nightmare. But it is clearly bidding to normalise the use of wearable tech.
Curb your screen time and you improve mental health
Our ever-expanding online lives are putting our brain health and broader well-being at risk.
Safeguarding mental health while working from home
Working from home has become so routine during COVID-19 the arrangement even enjoys its own texting friendly abbreviation.
How China got through the pandemic crisis, relying on people, not technology
How did essential services keep running in Wuhan during a 76 day lockdown?
Coronavirus will change the world permanently. Here’s how.
A crisis on this scale can reorder society in dramatic ways, for better or worse. Here are 34 big thinkers' predictions for what's to come.
Moving with technology
How mobile technologies are not just portable computers – they change how we see and act in the world (and even shape it).
Moore’s Law and startup deflation on The Future, This Week
This week: Moore's law no more, and Silicon Valley's startup deflation.
Predictions and global megatrends on The Future, This Week
This Week: we look back at 2019 and forward to 2020, and reflect on how we connect tech and business trends with global megatrends
Calling bullshit and algorithms on The Future, This Week
This week: calling bullshit, sexist credit cards and death predictions with Jevin West.
Might consciousness and free will be the aces up our sleeves when it comes to competing with robots?
We are far from defenceless against the rise of robots, although they'll take many of our routine jobs. Our special strength is our ability to apply rules that don't exist.