9 Best Articles in 2021
a16z
It's time to build
a16z
7 min read · 2020-04-18 · Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This monumental failure of institutional effectiveness will reverberate for the rest of the decade,…
Tim Urban
The Artificial Intelligence Revolution: Part 1
Tim Urban
20+ min read · From 2017 · Part 1 of 2: "The Road to Superintelligence". Artificial Intelligence — the topic everyone in the world should be talking about.
MIT Technology Review
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2020
MIT Technology Review
~14 min read · 2020-02-26 · MIT Technology Review’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies for 2020 outlines scientific discoveries, available now or in the very near future, that could most profoundly change people’s lives. Included this year: unhackable internet service; individual designer drugs; the proliferation of digital currency; anti-aging treatments; AI molecule searches for better medicines; satellite constellations boosting remote internet access; new uses for quantum computers, tiny, powerful AI apps for phones; bolstering Census privacy; and more accurate climate change forecasts.
Inc.
MIT Published a List of the 9 Megatrends That Will Shape the World in 2030. Here's What…
Inc.
2 min read · 2020-02-25 · Climate change, transparency, and populism will be driving the workforce 10 years from now.
HuffPost Green
Generation Screwed
HuffPost Green
20+ min read · From 2017 · Why millennials are facing the scariest financial future of any generation since the Great Depression.
The Spectator
We’ve just had the best decade in human history. Seriously
The Spectator
6 min read · 2019-12-19 · Let nobody tell you that the second decade of the 21st century has been a bad time. We are living through the greatest improvement in human living standards in history. Extreme poverty has fallen…
OneZero
Survival of the Richest
OneZero
~11 min read · 2019-08-18 · The wealthy are plotting to leave us behind
World Economic Forum
These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2020
World Economic Forum
6 min read · 2020-11-11 · Want to know about the tech set to change the world in the near future? This list is a good place to start.
Harvard Business Review
Digital Transformation Is About Talent, Not Technology
Harvard Business Review
8 min read · 2020-05-06 · How to future-proof your personnel — especially in uncertain times.
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2 min read · Apr 1st · Almost 40% of workers think their job will be obsolete within five years, according to PwC’s Hopes and fears 2021 report.
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Meet the Fixers
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20+ min read · Mar 23rd · 50 emerging leaders who are working on solving our world’s biggest challenges.
World Economic Forum
What is the biggest benefit technology will have on ageing and longevity?
World Economic Forum
10 min read · Mar 30th · Members of the Global Future Council on Healthy Ageing and Longevity share ideas on how technology will enable people to live healthier, more fulfilling lives at all ages.
World Economic Forum
7 views on how technology will shape geopolitics
World Economic Forum
7 min read · Apr 8th · Members of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Geopolitics discuss the biggest impact technology will have on geopolitics in the coming year.
World Economic Forum
Flying cars and driverless buses - the future of urban mobility has landed
World Economic Forum
5 min read · Apr 3rd · Are we on the verge of a Blade Runner-style future?
BuzzFeed News
The Pandemic Is Ending. The Optimized Future Is Probably Back.
BuzzFeed News
6 min read · Mar 31st · Because there was no end in sight, the pandemic paused the idea of a future where the tech disruption would end, the economy would level out, and we'd ascend to our final post–social media forms. And
McKinsey & Company
Retailers as ‘experience designers’: Brian Solis on shopping in 2030
McKinsey & Company
Apr 1st · In the future, the most successful retailers will employ experts in video-game design and spatial computing, predicts Brian Solis of Salesforce.com.
The Economist
Bright side of the moonshots
The Economist
4 min read · Mar 25th · Covid-19 has brought together biomedical technologies that will transform human health
Fast Company
Cities were radically reimagined during COVID-19. Can they stay that way?
Fast Company
4 min read · Apr 2nd · Public space was transformed over the past year. But it’s unclear how many of those changes are here to stay.
