When Reality Gets Glitchy: Is Your Brain Lagging?
Are video games hacking our brains? If your reality suddenly looks pixelated, it might be more than just too much screen time.
Read MoreDr. Mark van Rijmenam, CSP, is a world-leading strategic futurist and award-winning global keynote speaker who helps Fortune 500 leadership teams navigate AI and emerging technologies. Recognized by Salesforce as one of 16 global voices shaping the future of AI, he holds a PhD from University of Technology Sydney and is the author of six books on emerging technology and judgment in the AI era, including his latest book: Now What? How to Ride the Tsunami of Change. He is the founder of Futurwise and the developer of the Intelligence Age Scorecard that helps individuals and organizations understand how prepared they are for the future.
His pioneering efforts include the world's first TEDx Talk in VR in 2020. In 2023, he further pushed boundaries when he delivered a TEDx talk in Athens with his digital twin, delving into the complex interplay of AI and our perception of reality. In 2024, he launched a digital twin of himself, offering interactive, on-demand conversations via text, audio, or video in 29 languages, thereby bridging the gap between the digital and physical worlds – another world's first.
Dr. Van Rijmenam is a prolific author and has written more than 1,200 articles and six books in his career. As a corporate educator, he is celebrated for his candid, independent, and balanced insights. He is also the founder of Futurwise, which focuses on elevating global knowledge on crucial topics like technology, healthcare, and climate change by providing high-quality, hyper-personalized, and easily digestible insights from trusted sources.
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Are video games hacking our brains? If your reality suddenly looks pixelated, it might be more than just too much screen time.
Read MoreBrazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes battles online extremism by aggressively removing harmful content, pitting him against Bolsonaro, Musk, and Trump.
Read MoreOpenAI just halved safety checks for its newest AI model. Innovation at any cost seems to result reckless disregard for public safety.
Read MoreSilicon Valley tells us AGI means humanity’s liberation or extinction. But what if AGI is just extreme automation dressed up to scare us into submission?
Read MoreLarry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, predicts a financial revolution through “tokenization,” making assets like stocks and real estate tradable instantly on blockchain, thereby unlocking trillions of dollars in liquidity.
Read MoreIf Europe’s new AI plan doesn’t work, it won’t just lose to the U.S. and China, it risks becoming the museum continent of the digital age.
Read MoreThis week’s Synthetic Minds covers how tech can move us from scarcity to abundance—with AI avatars in court, quantum fungi, China’s EV blitz, and the billion-job reckoning. Are you leading the future, or watching it speed by in a drone-equipped BYD? Tune in and shape what’s next.
Read MoreIf your AI has a better filing system than your CFO, it’s time to ask who’s really running the company, and whether the AI is about to schedule your replacement.
Read MoreAI optimism is soaring, if you’re an expert. But for most people, it still feels like Silicon Valley is pushing autopilot on a plane no one asked to board.
Read MoreIf your next art show features a Baroque oil painting co-created by an evil AI speaking in invented glyphs… is that still your style, or your machine’s?
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