Video: The contradiction at the heart of technology
At a recent talk at TEDx Lausanne, I began my remarks with two simple questions: who feels we are living in a time of remarkable innovation in science and technology? And, who believes th...
Member of the Executive Committee and heading Network and Partnerships in the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution; prior to that, Head of Programming and Deputy Head of the Global Programming Group, responsible for our Annual Meetings in Davos and China and our expert communities; certified facilitator, public speaker, regular commentator on issues at the intersection of technology, society, and the economy; Professor of Practice at the University of Geneva and the Technical University of Munich, amongst others.
At a recent talk at TEDx Lausanne, I began my remarks with two simple questions: who feels we are living in a time of remarkable innovation in science and technology? And, who believes th...
August 15, 1971, marked the end of a golden quarter. Faced with the mounting debt of the Vietnam War, rising unemployment, and a worsening balance of payments, US President Richard Nixon ...