Futures Forum: Futurists >>> and the promises of science and technology >>> Part one: "Emerging from wishful thinking"
Futures Forum: Futurists >>> and the promises of science and technology >>> Part two: "Approaching exponential innovation"
Futures Forum: Futurists >>> and the promises of science and technology >>> Part three: "Our naive innovation fetish"
And much of the promise is about 'technological innovation'.
The FT has a report out looking at what is on the horizon:
Brave new era needs new ethics
Advances in technology pose difficult moral questions for humanity — and it is not clear who is responsible for providing answers
In depth
Forum’s 46th annual meeting has at the heart of its agenda a theme entitled ‘Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution’
MARTIN WOLFSeven ways technology has changed us
The internet and mobile phones have failed to generate an upturn in the growth of productivity
Bionic advances to defeat death
Ambitious scientists are trying to extend human life expectancy indefinitely
Intelligent robots raise concerns over jobs
Some roles may disappear, but over the long term technology does not get rid of work
Driverless decisions over life and death
Automakers are approaching the race to automated vehicles with caution
GIDEON RACHMANSilicon Valley uneasy after Snowden leaks
Western intelligence agencies worry that encryption will make the internet ‘go dark’
Why it is hard to teach robots to choose well
Will we ever be comfortable with machines making moral choices for us?
Blockchain raises fundamental questions
Banking and law will be fundamentally changed if shared ledger technology takes off
Donor DNA helps cure hereditary conditions
Mitochondrial DNA therapy is set to be offered in the UK in 2016
How social media is changing politics
Money and manpower are increasingly being used to influence online debates
Naive entrepreneurs at risk of losing out to venture capitalists
Tech start-up financing is often structured to protect the investors, not founders
EU removes carrot but keeps stick in data laws
EU and US are at odds over who controls the internet
Camera drones and cow fitness trackers help drive farm yields
Smallholders could benefit from precision technologies — if they can get access to them
See also:
The World in 2016: Predictions, predictions | The Economist
the wired world in 2016 (Wired UK)
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