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What Have You Done Tomorrow?H o w t o m a k e s e n s e o f a n d p r e p a r e f o r a n u n c e r t a i n f u t u r e
Volker Hirsch @vhirsch
HR Vision Amsterdam, 1 Jun 2015
Mad M
ax
: Fu
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oad
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The future is unknown
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BMW i8 conceptBut it’s faster today...
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Sir Francis Bacon, 1561-1626
Knowledge is power.
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http://gapingvoid.com
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Sarah Connor, Terminator
What now? Dystopia?
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Meet your future workforce
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Policeman
Boston Dynamics Wildcat
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Sniper
General Atomics, MQ-9 Reaper
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Taxi DriverMercedes F015
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Pizza Delivery Guy
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Musician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Howell
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AthleteTosy, Topio 3
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Extraterrestrial MinerProject “Athlete”, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, Caltech
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Automation will take the jobs it can take
http://www.cgpgrey.com/
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Massive Impact on the Workplace & Employment
Forbes, Feb. 2015
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RIP. It was good while it lasted...
Banker Lawyer
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memory augmentation therapist plant educator nano-weapon specialist diffractive optics modeler
New Jobs for you:
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Google Compute Engine
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Moore’s Law in perspective
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Quantum Computing
D Wave 2
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Ray Kurzweil
Kurzweil TL;DR
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Faster Computing -> faster innovation -> faster solutions to hard problems -> all diseases, hunger, energy, etc solved -> immortality -> bodies become obsolete, people will only be minds -> one interconnected mind across mankind
Kurzweil TL;DR
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I have no idea what you are talking about
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To infinity and beyond: Infinite Learning Loops
Buzz Lightyear
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Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.
Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860
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http://blog.vanillaforums.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/change-cartoon.jpg
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https://13c4.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/50-reason-notto2.jpg
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http://www.torbenrick.eu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Reactions-to-change.png
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Where is the path?
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What is specifically HUMAN?
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Photo (c) 2015 Dan Taylor for Heisenberg Media
Mindfulness
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Cirque de Soleil
Creativity
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Plato + Aristotle
Caveatemptor
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DeductiveInference
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Thank You!
@vhirsch
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