Gerd Leonhard
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Futurist, Humanist and Public Thinker, Advocate for #thegoodfuture, Keynote Speaker: http://Gerdtube.com New film: http://LookupNow.tv Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3zdgkaQ My Starter Pack: https://go.bsky.app/28rXSKt
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February 16, 2026 at 10:01 AM
“The time has come to launch a shared debt capacity to fund our future expense - eurobonds for the future. We need big European programmes to finance the best projects," he said”
Macron urges Europe to start acting like world power
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Macron urges Europe to start acting like world power
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Macron urges Europe to start acting like world power
The French president warns of growing threats from China, Russia and now the US, saying Europe faces a "wake-up call".
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February 16, 2026 at 8:32 AM
“The time has come to launch a shared debt capacity to fund our future expense - eurobonds for the future. We need big European programmes to finance the best projects," he said”
Macron urges Europe to start acting like world power
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Macron urges Europe to start acting like world power
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“Social-media platforms -especially X—have loosened their grip on moderation at the same time that AI tools have allowed for the easy proliferation of slop; never b4 has there been so much cruel content, trolling.”
This Is What It Looks Like When Nothing Matters
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This Is What It Looks Like When Nothing Matters
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This Is What It Looks Like When Nothing Matters
Welcome to the internet’s nihilism crisis.
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February 16, 2026 at 8:16 AM
“Social-media platforms -especially X—have loosened their grip on moderation at the same time that AI tools have allowed for the easy proliferation of slop; never b4 has there been so much cruel content, trolling.”
This Is What It Looks Like When Nothing Matters
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This Is What It Looks Like When Nothing Matters
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One of the most effective things you can do right now to fight Trump and ICE is to cancel your ChatGPT subscription.
February 4, 2026 at 1:14 PM
One of the most effective things you can do right now to fight Trump and ICE is to cancel your ChatGPT subscription.
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This is from my third BBC Reith Lecture. Watch the whole video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXS-...
What was the ‘True Radical Programme’? How Utopian Dreams Became Reality | The Reith Lectures
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February 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
This is from my third BBC Reith Lecture. Watch the whole video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXS-...
Here is a new Youtube Course with NotebookLM Explainer Videos created, curated and prompted by Futurist Gerd Leonhard www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
NotebookLM Explainer Videos created, curated and prompted by Futurist Gerd Leonhard
NotebookLM is a great, and free, tool to generate explanations on pretty much anything. Targeted stuff based ONLY what you upload or connect to each query. M...
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February 15, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Here is a new Youtube Course with NotebookLM Explainer Videos created, curated and prompted by Futurist Gerd Leonhard www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The Futurists Podcast - Robert Tercek & Brett King www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kft9...
The Futurists - EPS_132: The Good Future with Gerd Leonhard
Gerd Leonhard, renowned Futurist and Humanist, bestselling author and thought leader joins The Futurists this week to talk a positive future. Like many of our previous guests Gerd is an optimist, but…
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February 15, 2026 at 8:20 AM
The Futurists Podcast - Robert Tercek & Brett King www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kft9...
Part 2) …it will deeply fail us in the coming Intelligence Revolution (driven by AI, super-computing, robotics++) and the Abundant Energy, Syn-Bio and Material Sciences Revolutions.
February 15, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Part 2) …it will deeply fail us in the coming Intelligence Revolution (driven by AI, super-computing, robotics++) and the Abundant Energy, Syn-Bio and Material Sciences Revolutions.
Key observation #2026: The other most dramatic change will be the shift from scientific and technological progress as the key driver of the traditional profit/growth/power-centric economic roadmap. This may have worked ok during the Industrial Revolution and the internet / information economy…
February 15, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Key observation #2026: The other most dramatic change will be the shift from scientific and technological progress as the key driver of the traditional profit/growth/power-centric economic roadmap. This may have worked ok during the Industrial Revolution and the internet / information economy…
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Just announced: an online London Futurists conversation on 25th Feb: "From Bad to Bright Future: How to make it happen" with lead provocateur Tony Czarnecki. Free to attend. More details at www.meetup.com/london-futur...
February 14, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Just announced: an online London Futurists conversation on 25th Feb: "From Bad to Bright Future: How to make it happen" with lead provocateur Tony Czarnecki. Free to attend. More details at www.meetup.com/london-futur...
“don’t fall for the breathless rubbish about AI allowing employers to “free up” employees’ time.
AI may deliver wondrous benefits. The real question is whether AI’s productivity gains (assuming AI delivers them) are widely shared”
AI and the Coming Jobless Economy
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AI may deliver wondrous benefits. The real question is whether AI’s productivity gains (assuming AI delivers them) are widely shared”
AI and the Coming Jobless Economy
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AI and the Coming Jobless Economy
AI will make most of us poorer and a few fabulously wealthy — unless its productivity gains are allocated fairly. Here’s what we should we be considering now.
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February 15, 2026 at 6:11 AM
“don’t fall for the breathless rubbish about AI allowing employers to “free up” employees’ time.
AI may deliver wondrous benefits. The real question is whether AI’s productivity gains (assuming AI delivers them) are widely shared”
AI and the Coming Jobless Economy
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
AI may deliver wondrous benefits. The real question is whether AI’s productivity gains (assuming AI delivers them) are widely shared”
AI and the Coming Jobless Economy
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Great sitting down with Brian Tyler Cohen to talk about everything from the courage we saw in Minnesota, to how Democrats can be true to our values and get stuff done, to how we’re building a community of changemakers at the Obama Foundation. youtube.com/watch?v=uI-hgSE5QIw
February 14, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Great sitting down with Brian Tyler Cohen to talk about everything from the courage we saw in Minnesota, to how Democrats can be true to our values and get stuff done, to how we’re building a community of changemakers at the Obama Foundation. youtube.com/watch?v=uI-hgSE5QIw
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t... Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on ICE actions. This is authoritarian textbook stuff. Disgusting.
February 14, 2026 at 8:31 PM
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t... Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on ICE actions. This is authoritarian textbook stuff. Disgusting.
robertreich.substack.com/p/the-bogus-... @robertreich.substack.com.web.brid.gy nails down the real issue: productivity gains must be SHARED. Pic made with … ChatGPT #thegoodfuture won’t be generated with AI - it will require wise policies
February 14, 2026 at 7:57 PM
robertreich.substack.com/p/the-bogus-... @robertreich.substack.com.web.brid.gy nails down the real issue: productivity gains must be SHARED. Pic made with … ChatGPT #thegoodfuture won’t be generated with AI - it will require wise policies
“If productivity rises, as it’s supposed to do when the workplace becomes immersed in AI, each worker will generate more value, by definition. And with more value, supposedly we’re all better off.”
AI and the Coming Jobless Economy
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AI and the Coming Jobless Economy
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AI and the Coming Jobless Economy
AI will make most of us poorer and a few fabulously wealthy — unless its productivity gains are allocated fairly. Here’s what we should we be considering now.
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February 14, 2026 at 7:42 PM
“If productivity rises, as it’s supposed to do when the workplace becomes immersed in AI, each worker will generate more value, by definition. And with more value, supposedly we’re all better off.”
AI and the Coming Jobless Economy
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
AI and the Coming Jobless Economy
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
AI and the Coming Jobless Economy
AI will make most of us poorer and a few fabulously wealthy — unless its productivity gains are allocated fairly. Here’s what we should we be considering now.
ROBERT REICH robertreich.substack.com/p/the-bogus-...
AI will make most of us poorer and a few fabulously wealthy — unless its productivity gains are allocated fairly. Here’s what we should we be considering now.
ROBERT REICH robertreich.substack.com/p/the-bogus-...
AI and the Coming Jobless Economy
AI will make most of us poorer and a few fabulously wealthy — unless its productivity gains are allocated fairly. Here’s what we should we be considering now.
robertreich.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:11 PM
AI and the Coming Jobless Economy
AI will make most of us poorer and a few fabulously wealthy — unless its productivity gains are allocated fairly. Here’s what we should we be considering now.
ROBERT REICH robertreich.substack.com/p/the-bogus-...
AI will make most of us poorer and a few fabulously wealthy — unless its productivity gains are allocated fairly. Here’s what we should we be considering now.
ROBERT REICH robertreich.substack.com/p/the-bogus-...
Gerd Leonhard, orador, futurista y humanista www.youtube.com/@GerdFuturista
Gerd Leonhard, orador, futurista y humanista
Canal de Youtube en español del futurista Gerd Leonhard. Gerd Leonhard es uno de los 10 principales futuristas/orador principal, autor, asesor, cineasta y director ejecutivo de The Futures Agency con…
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February 14, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Gerd Leonhard, orador, futurista y humanista www.youtube.com/@GerdFuturista
“As the sanctioning of ICC, UN, and European officials shows: digital sovereignty is paramount”
The United States is a rogue state
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The United States is a rogue state
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The United States is a rogue state
Donald Trump’s “attack on sovereignty” in Venezuela has terrible consequences for the world
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February 14, 2026 at 12:02 AM
“As the sanctioning of ICC, UN, and European officials shows: digital sovereignty is paramount”
The United States is a rogue state
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The United States is a rogue state
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Autonomous Capital: The Future of Investment Management? decodingai.substack.com/p/autonomous... Interesting piece. Imho, if AI agents start doing the investing AUTONOMOUSLY for us, the whole idea of investing in public companies is going to be perverted; another real 'too much AI' threat. #haltagi
Decoding AI® by Clara Durodié | Substack
Independent analysis of business, governance, and the geopolitics of AI in financial services. For investors, board directors and business leaders. This publication was established in 2016. Click to…
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February 13, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Autonomous Capital: The Future of Investment Management? decodingai.substack.com/p/autonomous... Interesting piece. Imho, if AI agents start doing the investing AUTONOMOUSLY for us, the whole idea of investing in public companies is going to be perverted; another real 'too much AI' threat. #haltagi
disconnect.blog/a-critical-t... good list
A critical tech reading list for winter 2026
12 books to keep you thinking through the winter
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February 13, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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2026: Fighting The Bad Future: Europe's Mandate to Take Back Tomorrow Youtube: Gerd Leonhard www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9Nu...
2026: Fighting The Bad Future: Europe's Mandate to Take Back Tomorrow
This video was created with the help of the amazing NotebookLM. The script was edited by me and the audio / voice-over was re-recorded live. I hope you like this experiment - please comment…
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February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
2026: Fighting The Bad Future: Europe's Mandate to Take Back Tomorrow Youtube: Gerd Leonhard www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9Nu...
Geopolitics, AI and The Good Future: Why Europe must Take Back Tomorrow youtu.be/0SYSDTcj6oU?... with @LondonFuturists and @dw2 and @LiselotteLyngs #thegoodfuture #thebadfuture
Geopolitics, AI and The Good Future: Why Europe must Take Back Tomorrow (complete event recording)
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February 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Geopolitics, AI and The Good Future: Why Europe must Take Back Tomorrow youtu.be/0SYSDTcj6oU?... with @LondonFuturists and @dw2 and @LiselotteLyngs #thegoodfuture #thebadfuture
www.politico.eu/article/spai... he’s dead right on this !
For Spain’s Sánchez, the fight against tech billionaires is personal
The prime minister has endured years of abuse on the social media platforms he now seeks to regulate.
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February 12, 2026 at 10:18 AM
www.politico.eu/article/spai... he’s dead right on this !
Salesforce Workers Circulate Open Letter Urging CEO Marc Benioff to Denounce ICE | WIRED www.wired.com/story/letter... great to see that. Marc has stood up for what’s right many times before and now he needs to find the courage again :)
Salesforce Workers Circulate Open Letter Urging CEO Marc Benioff to Denounce ICE
The letter comes after Benioff joked at a company event on Monday that ICE was monitoring international employees in attendance, sparking immediate backlash.
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February 12, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Salesforce Workers Circulate Open Letter Urging CEO Marc Benioff to Denounce ICE | WIRED www.wired.com/story/letter... great to see that. Marc has stood up for what’s right many times before and now he needs to find the courage again :)
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Is magic just "positive thinking," or is it a causative force that can reshape reality?
I sat down with occult historian and author Mitch Horowitz to explore the boundaries of will, belief, and the material world.
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I sat down with occult historian and author Mitch Horowitz to explore the boundaries of will, belief, and the material world.
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The Esoteric State of the Union: Magic, Will, and the New Neighborhood with Mitch Horowitz
YouTube video by Douglas Rushkoff
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February 12, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Is magic just "positive thinking," or is it a causative force that can reshape reality?
I sat down with occult historian and author Mitch Horowitz to explore the boundaries of will, belief, and the material world.
Stream and subscribe now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZVO...
I sat down with occult historian and author Mitch Horowitz to explore the boundaries of will, belief, and the material world.
Stream and subscribe now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZVO...