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The future of tech: the next billion seconds are the most important in human history as technology transforms the way we live and work. The rate of change we will experience will be the fastest humanity has ever seen. Award winning podcast creator and journalist, Mark Pesce is an inventor, writer, entrepreneur, educator and broadcaster whose work and global connections in all things internet and tech extend back to the early days of the web. He speaks to the brightest minds shaping this new ...
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Could PayPal be the tipping point for cryptocurrencies?
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PayPal is the global leader in payments. Early in 2021 they’ll offer Bitcoin to their nearly half billion users, changing how we think of money. Are we ‘crossing the Rubicon’ into a time when cryptocurrencies are used and traded by people everywhere? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Should a video game simulate the whole world?
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We’re rapidly erasing the boundary between the make-believe worlds of video games and the real world of sensors and visualisation. Microsoft’s Flight Simulator 2020 allows you to fly over the whole world - with all the cities and countryside presented in detail - just as they are in reality. Is it now possible to “fly" through everything we know ab…
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Is there a “secret history” of video games?
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In the late 90s, military technology collided with entertainment, a destiny reaching back to the first flight simulators, nearly a century ago. We have amazing games today because of the Cold War - and a historic tank battle no one saw coming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
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Will work ever be the same and how do we hang onto our jobs?
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The post-COVID world won’t be dominated by office work. We’ll blend technologies - and new leadership skills - to create meaningful 21st century jobs. Australian tech giant 'Atlassian’s' “work futurist” Dom Price and Sally Dominguez share insights we can all apply to craft a career that’s both satisfying, and resilient in a world of rising automati…
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If you car can phone home, can it be stolen?
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It should be getting harder to steal - but connectivity is helping thieves, possibly even more than it helps us protect ourselves from theft. So, now that everything is connected can our possessions tell us where they are so we can bring them home? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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What will flying be like in a post-COVID world?
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Can airlines recover after the 99% fall in International flights during the pandemic? If they do, will we even be able to afford the ticket? Is there any future in cheap travel? Airline expert Ron Bartsch takes us on a journey through the near future of air travel : It looks a lot like the past, when air travel was expensive - and subsidised by gov…
Life in the bush can be beautiful - and dangerous. Can a simple examination of our homes make them safer in bushfires? How can we ‘read’ the bush - and heal it - to avoid catastrophic bushfires? Mark Pesce speaks with Indigenous land and fire expert Victor Steffenson about what we don’t know about the bush - and should. Architect Ian Weir then walk…
How can we prepare for more frequent heatwaves? The hot, dry conditions that preceded our Black Summer bushfires are becoming more common. Paleoclimatologist Nerilie Abram used coral samples to look back into a thousand years of climate, and heatwave expert Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick analysed the last seventy years of global data about heatwaves. Ou…
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Designing for Flood Resilience in a Wetter World
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Fire, Floods, COVID 19, what can we expect to happen next and how can we be ready for it? Over the next 6 episodes we have put together the 'Users Guide to the Future'. Starting with the future of rain, heavier rain, causing coastal erosion and floods. How can we prepare to meet these risks - to keep ourselves and homes safe? We listened to some of…
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Feeding twice the people on half the land
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Planetary limits on farming will accelerate a post-meat future. Are plants the only path, or can we grow meat without raising animals? And what does it mean for food when we can grow any meat we want to eat in a brewer’s vat? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Now that we can make “meat” from plants that people prefer to animals - what will we choose to eat? v2Food’s ‘Rebel’ Whopper charts that journey - from soybean to burger patty - via a lot of science, a blind taste test, and an ignored email. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Physical distancing makes personal transportation a necessity. When public transport risks infection, cars & bikes become our safe spaces. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
We saw more change in March & April of 2020 than in the rest of our lives. How has the pandemic accelerated our journey into the future? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
For a century, public health officials have contained pandemics by tracing outbreaks. COVIDsafe promises to do this - can we trust it? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Banks are not like other businesses - Andrew & Mark talk to four neobank founders about what it takes to launch a neobank - and succeed. Recorded live at Stone and Chalk Sydney. Thank you to all those that attended and our panelists. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Ep 5: Most of humanity doesn’t bank. Kosta Peric of the Gates Foundation explains how mobile banking transforms the lives in the developing world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Ep 4: Open banking gives us control over all of our financial data. CEO of Neobank '86400' Rob Bell, promises this will transform our relationship to banks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Ep 3: Business banking can’t be coded in an app. Judo Bank CTO Alex Twigg reveals the sweet spot between business relationships and digital banking. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Ep 2: Retail banking generates most of the sector’s profits. Founder of neobank Up!, Dominic Pym, tells us why the best user experience wins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Ep 1: Can a digital-only bank, known as a ‘neobank’, offer a better experience? We ask Brett King, the prophet of neobanking, what a better bank might look like? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
The global banking system as we know is changing, so will you be ready for it? From transformations in how we save, spend and invest, futurists Mark Pesce & Andrew Davis explore the rise of the ‘Neobank’ on this new series… BETABANK! This 5 part mini series is live tomorrow! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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What is the 'digital Sabbath' and why is it so important to keep us grounded?
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Could a 3000 year-old practice of 'shabbat' help us tame our digital devices? Tiffany Shlain looks to the old to help us manage the new See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Congress strangles Libra in the crib, but Zuck’s secret weapon may be fear of the Chinese digital yuan. Geopolitics & our expert panel! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
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What can ancient mythology teach us about our technological world?
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We see superheroes on cinema screens - but what about our technological superpowers? Naming these new powers helps to understand them See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Facebook’s Libra was first ‘digital reserve currency’ - now we’re seeing an arms race between corporations and nations, all fighting to create the next form of money. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
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Cryptonomics - Discussing Facebook's crypto, Libra
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What does Facebook’s Libra mean for the future of money - and the global economy? Insights in conversation with Mark Jeffrey & Rob Tercek. Learn more at cryptonomics.show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
When cryptocurrency exchanges met the FATF at G20 Osaka, crypto wisely went legit -- finding its welcome into the global financial system. Learn more at cryptonomics.show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) made it harder to fund terrorists with cryptocurrencies - and made it safer for banks to trade them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Facebook’s Libra could be the most important cryptocurrency ever. Is Libra the real deal - and what does it mean for the future of money? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
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Who bears the responsibility making our smartphones so addictive?
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We conclude series three learning the ‘right’ questions - ones to keep front of mind as the world becomes increasingly intelligent - and hides the intent of its designers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
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How do our interactions with computers shape the way we think and feel?
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Close relationships with machines change the way we think, rewiring our nervous systems. How can we stay safe - and ourselves - into the future? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Do billionaires worry about the future? Writer and futurist Doug Rushkoff learned fear of the future drives the 0.0001%ers too. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Now that we know the state of play, can the automotive sector thrive? Mark, Sally & Drew reflect on what they’ve learned on their journey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
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What will the future of the Web look like?
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In thirty years the Web has grown into the foundation of civilisation - but can we make the Web more useful, more private - and more human? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
It’s the birth of ‘fabless’ production - manufacturing without huge capital investment. Will we be able to design a car ourselves - inexpensively and safely? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
VR roared back to life this decade due to the efforts of visionary teenager Palmer Luckey. Luckey built Oculus, sold to Facebook for $3 billion - then got fired. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Is our transportation future a sleek clean sci-fi vision or a Max Max redux with added robotics? Could it be hell on wheels - or heaven on earth? Learn more about this episode at nextbillionseconds.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
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Why is computing an industry largely dominated by men?
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In the 1970s computers went from huge, expensive and difficult to cute, affordable and fun. Our world emerges from that transformation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Waste? Not! Designing cars for near-perfect recycling - or do the next billion end up as junk? And can EVs promise zero carbon emissions? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
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How that moment just before you fall asleep or wake has more meaning than you think?
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Humanity’s newest (and oldest) frontier lies at the boundary between waking & sleep, at the edges of consciousness, within ‘liminal’ dreams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Apps have turned us into ride-sharing, route-planning, ‘micromobility’ experts. We’re all passengers now, with more options than ever before. Head to the website: nextbillionseconds.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
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CRYPTONOMICS - high finance and low frauds
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Mark Jeffrey and Rob Tercek join Mark to discuss the JPMCoin, Facebook’s crypto play, the collapse of QuadrigaCX - and are 95% of Bitcoins trades bogus? Head to the website: nextbillionseconds.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Will we cling to of the thrill of acceleration, rush of adrenaline, and roar of a petrol engine? Are we losing our emotional connection to the car? Head to the website: nextbillionseconds.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
How has pervasive connectivity transformed geopolitics? Social media has been weaponised and is now used against nations as a tool of war - invisible, subtle, and dangerously destabilising. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Transformations in autonomy & electrification give automobile designers a new palette of possibilities - does our experience of driving change? Head to the website: nextbillionseconds.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
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How has social media changed politics - for better and for worse?
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Social media created a new openness in political discourse - for a brief moment. How can governments, social media and democracy co-exist? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
Tesla drove electric vehicles from impractical to inevitable. Powertrains will soon feature a mix of hydrocarbons, hydrogen - and batteries. Head to the website: nextbillionseconds.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
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Is Virtual Reality the future of entertainment?
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100 years ago, cinema became the vehicle of our cultural imagination. It’s happening again with VR & new studio owners are leading the way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
How long until we have self-driving cars? Drew details autonomy, Mark goes for a LIDAR ride & Sally learns about a software back-seat driver. Head to the website: nextbillionseconds.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
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What does the future hold for a child born today?
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In ‘cooversation’ with a newborn, we explore the year 2100: climate change, intelligent computers, editable biology, new tools and new trials. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By PodcastOne Australia
