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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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here's a snippet from my recent keynote on AI and the Future of Humanity at the Agenda.cy event. have a look at youtu.be/177gP5HIqkk?...
A New Progressive Era Is Emerging buff.ly/2H7CeRb must read by @peteleyden
A New Progressive Era Is Emerging
The case that a bipartisan movement structured around driving great progress and reform may be reaching critical mass in America much like what happened in the early 20th century
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November 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Meet me for my keynote at OpenI Zurich this week THURSDAY Nov 27 : NZZ Connect | SEF
NZZ Connect | SEF
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November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Cars have safety standards. Tech platforms do not. buff.ly/OBvEC29
Cars have safety standards. Tech platforms do not.
November 18th, 2025 // Did someone forward you this newsletter? Sign up to receive your own copy here.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
(15) Has The U.S. Become A Surveillance State? | Incognito Mode | WIRED - YouTube
Has The U.S. Become A Surveillance State? | Incognito Mode | WIRED
Since the start of the second Trump administration, there's been open debate about whether the United States is descending into a modern high-tech surveillance state. But is there any truth to that?…
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November 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Technological advancements to reshape working hours buff.ly/765ipB6 interview with me, in Istanbul
Technological advancements to reshape working hours
Futurist Gerd Leonhard says people cannot compete with machine on logic, they have to compete on broad aspect; real creativity not about logic - Anadolu Ajansı
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November 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“The “unipolar” moment of unrivaled US power – between the fall of the Berlin Wall and China’s emergence as a technological superpower – undoubtedly lent itself to American hubris.”

The Illiberal World Order Is Here
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The Illiberal World Order Is Here
Carl Bildt thinks the Trump administration has put the final nail in the coffin of the postwar world the US helped build.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“The old global rules-based order will drift and decay further. But “coalitions of the willing” will strike new deals in areas such as defence, trade and climate.”

Tom Standage’s ten trends to watch in 2026
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Tom Standage’s ten trends to watch in 2026
This is Donald Trump’s world—we’re all just living in it. As the Trumpnado spins on in 2026, here are ten trends to watch from the editor of The World Ahead
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November 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Technology is morally neutral until we use it ?!
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- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
World on fire buff.ly/8rigvF1
World on fire
And the global climate talks, too
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November 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Must-watch: Riveting Film on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity: Look Up Now!
AI's impact on Creators: You don't need more tools - you need more COURAGE!
This is an experiment using an AI generated script (ChatGPT 4), many hours of human editing, the amazing @Descript editing suite, and various other AI tools. My voice is real - not AI generated.…
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November 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
‘It keeps me awake at night’: machine-learning pioneer on AI’s threat to humanity buff.ly/p2VxEHn Keep up the good work, Yoshua ! #thegoodfuture
‘It keeps me awake at night’: machine-learning pioneer on AI’s threat to humanity
Yoshua Bengio talks about his efforts to identify — and address — the risks posed by AI.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
When AI prophecy fails
When AI prophecy fails
Hating workers is a hell of a drug.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“The defining difference between web 1.0 and the platforms that dominate today is not technological sophistication but moral architecture. Early online communities were transparent about process and purpose”

How the internet can rebuild trust
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How the internet can rebuild trust
Algorithms and generative AI models that decide what billions of users see should be transparent
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November 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Dünyaca ünlü fütürist Gerd Leonhard İstanbul’a geliyor - Ankara'nın Sesi
Dünyaca ünlü fütürist Gerd Leonhard İstanbul’a geliyor - Ankara'nın Sesi
İSTANBUL, TİCARET Bakanlığı tarafından ETİD ve TOBB Türkiye E-Ticaret Meclisi katkılarıyla düzenlenen Türkiye E-Ticaret Haftası, dijital ekonominin geleceğini
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November 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats
Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats
New research on simulated blackmail, industrial espionage, and other misaligned behaviors in LLMs
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November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
When AI goes rogue
When AI goes rogue
November 11th, 2025 // Did someone forward you this newsletter? Sign up to receive your own copy here.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“At Microsoft AI, we’re working towards Humanist Superintelligence (HSI): incredibly advanced AI capabilities that always work for, in service of, people and humanity more generally”

Towards Humanist Superintelligence | Microsoft AI
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Hear hear 👂!
Towards Humanist Superintelligence  | Microsoft AI
Here’s a question that’s not getting the attention it deserves: what kind of AI does the world really want? I think it’s probably the most important question of our time.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Essentials for Independent Travel in China buff.ly/99pYUvf great tips by kevin Kelly
Essentials for Independent Travel in China
You should visit China.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
buff.ly/47PVeG2 Pseudo Conscious Sycophantic YaySayers: AI is not human, it is not our friend, it is a service. (Gerd Leonhard)
✂️ Pseudo Conscious Sycophantic YaySayers: AI is not human, it is not our friend, it is a service. (Gerd Leonhard)
60 seconds · Clipped by Colly, The Futures Agency · Original video "AI Magic, Illusions and Traps: What I learned while using AI Chatbots - a reality check!"...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
AI is not inevitable.
AI is not inevitable.
My new nonprofit Evitable is a bold bet that society will reject AI.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
‘Eğer robot gibi çalışırsanız, bir robot sizin işinizi alır’ buff.ly/OR3Ta5n Meet me in Istanbul this week FRIDAY (ecommerce week Turkiye)
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
As Trump shuts out migrants, Spain opens its doors and fuels economic growth buff.ly/KhXeCef some very good points in here #immigration #thegoodfuture
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November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
OpenAI probably can’t make ends meet. That’s where you come in. buff.ly/SyR73UI @garymarcus. another WeWork?
OpenAI probably can’t make ends meet. That’s where you come in.
If you thought the 2008 bank bailout was bad, wait til you see the 2026 AI bailout
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November 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“As AI goes mainstream, it will remove one of the most enduring distortions in modern capitalism: the information advantages that sellers, service providers and intermediaries enjoy over consumers”

The end of the rip-off economy
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The end of the rip-off economy
From finance and medicine to used cars, artificial intelligence is radically improving market efficiency
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November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM