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The Role of Technology – Threat or Catalyst for Human Prosperity?
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The Role of Technology – Threat or Catalyst for Human Prosperity?

Julia Kirby, Rahaf Harfoush, Erica Dhawan and Don Tapscott
Global Peter Drucker Forum, 2017
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  • Analytical
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Emergn CEO Alex Adamopoulos hosts an eclectic panel including digital anthropologist Rahaf Harfoush and best-selling author Don Tapscott. Innovation consultant Erica Dhawan and Harvard University Press editor Julie Kirby weigh in on the debate – Dhawan with the polish of a TED Talk speaker, Kirby in the fashion of a note-shuffling scholar. getAbstract recommends this sometimes practical, sometimes deeply philosophical look at the near future.

Take-Aways

  • Algorithms don’t always make good choices. Many decisions call for human insight. Leaders with “connectional intelligence” know when to leverage networks, data or human experience to make sound decisions.
  • Humans control the impact of technology, mainly through policy making and tech design. Society should take inspiration from the Luddites of the Industrial Revolution and enact widespread reform, including education, to ensure shared prosperity.
  • Before society can explore new relationships with technology, it must decouple human dignity from work. In the modern technological landscape, where machines replace even the most hardworking employees, the American Dream is a lie.

About the Speakers

Julia Kirby co-wrote Only Humans Need Apply. Rahaf Harfoush is a digital anthropologist. Erica Dhawan is CEO of the consultancy Cotential. Don Tapscott wrote Growing Up Digital, Wikinomics, and more.

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