Homo Deus

On facing the future as one humanity. Author, historian and public intellectual Yuval Noah Harari teaches at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He’s a noted author of several books including bestsellers Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. He runs Sapienship, a multidisciplinary organization focused on technological […]

Is it the “next big thing” or just big tech’s marketing gimmick to sustain the highly successful business model of monetizing users’ behavioral data in exchange for “free” services? In recent years there has been immense progress in technology that creates a new internet user experience. The metaverse may eventually come to define how we […]

The climate crisis, migration, artificial intelligence – these are just some of the challenges our kids will be grappling with. Predicting the future remains a tricky business. Yet based on current observations, business advisers Andrew Winston ventures out to offer his view on where global society may be heading this decade in The World in 2030: […]

The vast majority of apps are designed to keep us hooked. It does – and mustn’t – be this way. Tristan Harris, dubbed the “closest thing Silicon Valley has to a conscience” by The Atlantic magazine, argues convincingly that the world’s most sophisticated digital platforms – YouTube, Facebook, Google, and the like – are designed to “downgrade […]