A talk to the NetHope annual summit, an amazing group of 50+ non-profit organizations from around the world. As I told the attendees, I should have titled this, "Become an Exponential Organization, Help the World Change the World Faster" - how you can help affected populations to help themselves.
5. Computers and
networks
3D Printing Digital medicine
Artificial intelligence Synthetic biology Nanotechnology
Robotics Blockchain &
Cryptocurrencies
Sensors/Internet of
Things
DISASTER
RESILIENCE
HEALTHENERGY ENVIRONMENT FOOD GOVERNANCE LEARNING PROSPERITY SECURITY SHELTER SPACE WATER
68. “People worry that computers will
get too smart and take over the
world…
69. “People worry that computers will
get too smart and take over the
world…
...but the real problem is that
they’re too stupid - and they’ve
already taken over the world.”
Technology companies transform markets seemingly overnight by using exponential technologies and processes. Social impact organizations can leverage the same kind of exponential thinking and breakthrough technologies. NetHope members can learn how to transform themselves into organizations that can move nimbly and effectively, with the potential to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges - in our lifetimes. Gary A. Bolles is a long-time catalyst in the impact arena, through initiatives such as co-founding the SoCap impact entrepreneur conference. As Chair for the Future of Work for Singularity University, he helps organizations and communities around the world to leverage exponential thinking and technologies to deliver the greatest impact.
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Impact of tech on work
My three hats
Nothing is certain but the pace and spread of change.
Singularity University has tremendous expertise with “exponential technologies” - technologies that are already fundamentally transforming our industries, organizations, and our lives.
Source: waymo
11m lettuces/yr to be grown inside Spread’s vertical farm in Kameoka.
Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-30/skyscraper-farms-are-about-to-go-global?srnd=premium
Inada won the Edison Award in 2016 for his vertical-farming system. He expects the new factory, called Techno Farm, to more than double the company’s output, generating 1 billion yen in sales a year from growing almost 11 million lettuces.
We are undergoing a transition as profound as the shift from an agricultural economy and society...
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...to an industrial economy and society….
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...to what I call “the digital work economy” - and it’s happening with blinding speed.
Technology companies transform markets seemingly overnight by using exponential technologies and processes. Social impact organizations can leverage the same kind of exponential thinking and breakthrough technologies. NetHope members can learn how to transform themselves into organizations that can move nimbly and effectively, with the potential to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges - in our lifetimes. Gary A. Bolles is a long-time catalyst in the impact arena, through initiatives such as co-founding the SoCap impact entrepreneur conference. As Chair for the Future of Work for Singularity University, he helps organizations and communities around the world to leverage exponential thinking and technologies to deliver the greatest impact.
https://www.pexels.com/photo/ball-shaped-blur-close-up-focus-346885/
This is how each of us will discover and develop our unique superpowers.
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And to help everyone to continually find and develop their own superpowers.
As the A.I. researcher Pedro Domingos noted in his book “The Master Algorithm,” “People worry that computers will get too smart and take over the world, but the real problem is that they’re too stupid and they’ve already taken over the world.”
As the A.I. researcher Pedro Domingos noted in his book “The Master Algorithm,” “People worry that computers will get too smart and take over the world, but the real problem is that they’re too stupid and they’ve already taken over the world.”
This is how each of us will discover and develop our unique superpowers.
https://www.pexels.com/photo/boy-child-clouds-kid-346796/
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And to help everyone to continually find and develop their own superpowers.
This is how each of us will discover and develop our unique superpowers.
https://www.pexels.com/photo/boy-child-clouds-kid-346796/
Free photo
And to help everyone to continually find and develop their own superpowers.
This is how each of us will discover and develop our unique superpowers.
https://www.pexels.com/photo/boy-child-clouds-kid-346796/
Free photo
And to help everyone to continually find and develop their own superpowers.
Technology companies transform markets seemingly overnight by using exponential technologies and processes. Social impact organizations can leverage the same kind of exponential thinking and breakthrough technologies. NetHope members can learn how to transform themselves into organizations that can move nimbly and effectively, with the potential to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges - in our lifetimes. Gary A. Bolles is a long-time catalyst in the impact arena, through initiatives such as co-founding the SoCap impact entrepreneur conference. As Chair for the Future of Work for Singularity University, he helps organizations and communities around the world to leverage exponential thinking and technologies to deliver the greatest impact.
https://www.pexels.com/photo/ball-shaped-blur-close-up-focus-346885/
Technology companies transform markets seemingly overnight by using exponential technologies and processes. Social impact organizations can leverage the same kind of exponential thinking and breakthrough technologies. NetHope members can learn how to transform themselves into organizations that can move nimbly and effectively, with the potential to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges - in our lifetimes. Gary A. Bolles is a long-time catalyst in the impact arena, through initiatives such as co-founding the SoCap impact entrepreneur conference. As Chair for the Future of Work for Singularity University, he helps organizations and communities around the world to leverage exponential thinking and technologies to deliver the greatest impact.
https://www.pexels.com/photo/ball-shaped-blur-close-up-focus-346885/
This is how each of us will discover and develop our unique superpowers.
https://www.pexels.com/photo/boy-child-clouds-kid-346796/
Free photo
And to help everyone to continually find and develop their own superpowers.