Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP | Strategic Futurist Speaker (Page 27)

While the US Debates TikTok, China Builds Tomorrow

While U.S. politicians argue over tariffs, TikTok, and bathroom policies, China’s quietly turning AI-powered factories into geopolitical shockwaves, faster than the West can pass a budget.

AI Just Got a Brain Scan—and It’s Stranger Than You Thought

Your AI assistant doesn’t think like you, and it definitely doesn’t tell you what it’s really doing.

Flowing with Change: How Taoist Wisdom Guides Our Tech-Driven Future

The ancient Taoist principles of balance, adaptability, and interconnectedness provide a timeless roadmap for navigating today’s explosive technological innovations—from AI and blockchain to quantum computing and beyond.

Therapist on Tap? Therabot Makes the Couch Optional

If an AI gives better therapy than your last psychologist, should we still be charging $200 an hour for a human with a clipboard?

AI Won’t Just Eat Your Job. It’s Coming for Democracy Next.

If you thought AI would just take our jobs, wait until it hijacks political movements, breaks the courts, and radicalizes democracy into chaos, one chatbot at a time.

Is Your Team Quietly Killing Your AI Dreams?

Millennials and Gen-Z are sabotaging company AI strategies, and leaders might be clueless about why.

Why Our Current AI Benchmarks Deserve an F

We’re grading AI intelligence with tests a high schooler could cheat on. Time for a reality check?

Nvidia’s Dominance Threatened by a Chip That Thinks Differently

Nvidia rules the AI chip world, but Extropic’s strange new chip might just topple its empire.

Quantum Computing: JPMorgan’s Dice Roll Just Changed Finance Forever

Forget your “random” password, it’s probably predictable. JPMorgan just cracked the code to true randomness with quantum tech.

Synthetic Minds | AI Pirates, Q-Day & Tech’s Eco Crisis

This week’s Synthetic Minds covers the hidden cost of your digital life: quantum computing poised to crack encryption overnight, AI trained on millions of stolen books, AI agents acting without oversight, the AI arms race between the U.S. and China, and tech’s alarming environmental footprint.