Gerd Leonhard
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Futurist, Humanist and Public Thinker, Advocate for #thegoodfuture, Keynote Speaker: http://Gerdtube.com New film: http://LookupNow.tv Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3zdgkaQ My Starter Pack: https://go.bsky.app/28rXSKt
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TOO MUCH AI IS BAD FOR HUMANS When AI becomes the master, humans will become the tool. When AI evolves into AGI/ASI, we will become the 2nd most intelligent species. AGI is an existential threat. In…
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January 19, 2026 at 2:56 AM
WELCOME TO THE HUMAN RESISTANCE: buff.ly/bLn3Sob My goal with starting THE HUMAN RESISTANCE project is to build a global platform for a unique network of like-minded thinkers, authors and writers, journalists, speakers, futurists, academics, ethicists, tech entrepreneurs, privacy warriors...
“Google, X, OpenAI, Anthropic, Palantir all cut major deals for federal contracts with the Trump administration last year. The silence of the executives of these companies in the face of the occupation of Minnesota has been noted”
Abolish the senses
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Abolish the senses
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Abolish the senses
How the post-truth politics of Donald Trump and Elon Musk engineered the brutal, unpopular ICE occupation -- and what the resistance is actually about.
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January 18, 2026 at 10:01 PM
“Google, X, OpenAI, Anthropic, Palantir all cut major deals for federal contracts with the Trump administration last year. The silence of the executives of these companies in the face of the occupation of Minnesota has been noted”
Abolish the senses
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Abolish the senses
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“When Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that Department of Justice actions were used as pressure on interest-rate policy, the significance is structural, not personal.”
The President of the United States Is Out of Control
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The President of the United States Is Out of Control
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The President of the United States Is Out of Control
President Donald Trump Has Threatened War Against Allies, Undermined Courts, and Menaced the Independence of the Federal Reserve. The United States Is in Free Fall.
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January 18, 2026 at 9:53 PM
“When Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that Department of Justice actions were used as pressure on interest-rate policy, the significance is structural, not personal.”
The President of the United States Is Out of Control
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The President of the United States Is Out of Control
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Macron urges EU to deploy trade ‘bazooka’ against US as Trump ramps up tensions buff.ly/OFF0iUx. YES. DO IT NOW.
Macron urges EU to deploy trade ‘bazooka’ against US as Trump ramps up tensions
The French president is leading calls for the EU to deploy its biggest trade weapon against the United States. Some capitals aren’t so sure.
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January 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Macron urges EU to deploy trade ‘bazooka’ against US as Trump ramps up tensions buff.ly/OFF0iUx. YES. DO IT NOW.
I wrote this in 2022 :). ‘The Good, The Bad and The Future’: A message by Futurist Gerd Leonhard ... and now I'm updating it with a crucial new post and video on how we can stop #thebadfuture buff.ly/n5XWZ6x COMING SOON.
‘The Good, The Bad and The Future’: A message by Futurist Gerd Leonhard (2022!) – Gerd Leonhard Futurist Humanist Author Keynote Speaker
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January 18, 2026 at 6:22 PM
I wrote this in 2022 :). ‘The Good, The Bad and The Future’: A message by Futurist Gerd Leonhard ... and now I'm updating it with a crucial new post and video on how we can stop #thebadfuture buff.ly/n5XWZ6x COMING SOON.
Hit back at Trump? Europe mulls unthinkable options as Greenland threats ramp up tensions buff.ly/J1RUPs8 via @politico imho, we're now facing the reality that DT's USA is essentially #thebadfuture, Europe must refute The Don's insane demands
Hit back at Trump? Europe mulls unthinkable options as Greenland threats ramp up tensions
Senior politicians want the EU to deploy its trade bazooka against the United States over Trump’s Greenland claims. Capitals aren’t so sure.
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January 18, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Hit back at Trump? Europe mulls unthinkable options as Greenland threats ramp up tensions buff.ly/J1RUPs8 via @politico imho, we're now facing the reality that DT's USA is essentially #thebadfuture, Europe must refute The Don's insane demands
youtube.com/watch?v=tAhJ... must watch via @rutgerbregman.com
Can Humanism Survive the Age of AI? | The Reith Lectures
YouTube video by BBC Sounds
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January 18, 2026 at 8:50 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=tAhJ... must watch via @rutgerbregman.com
“The era of the geopolitical multinational has arrived.”
Geopolitics is warping multinationals’ commercial decisions
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Geopolitics is warping multinationals’ commercial decisions
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Geopolitics is warping multinationals’ commercial decisions
Firms are reshaping their operations, at the expense of their profits
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January 18, 2026 at 2:56 AM
“The era of the geopolitical multinational has arrived.”
Geopolitics is warping multinationals’ commercial decisions
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Geopolitics is warping multinationals’ commercial decisions
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Home - Global Governance of AI
Home - Global Governance of AI
Current efforts, gaps and building blocks for an international AI governance framework.
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January 17, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Home - Global Governance of AI
The New Architecture of the World: Who determines the Future? My keynote at El Pais Tendencias 2025 – Gerd Leonhard Futurist Humanist Author Keynote Speaker buff.ly/BhPeprh
The New Architecture of the World: Who determines the Future? My keynote at El Pais Tendencias 2025 – Gerd Leonhard Futurist Humanist Author Keynote Speaker
The New Architecture of the World: Who determines the Future? My keynote at El Pais Tendencias 2025
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January 17, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The New Architecture of the World: Who determines the Future? My keynote at El Pais Tendencias 2025 – Gerd Leonhard Futurist Humanist Author Keynote Speaker buff.ly/BhPeprh
‘Like a Military Occupation’: Clashes Rise With Federal Agents in Minneapolis buff.ly/2YUOsUd Civil war appears as a real scenario now.
‘Like a Military Occupation’: Clashes Rise With Federal Agents in Minneapolis
Arrests and aggressive tactics by ICE and the Border Patrol, many seen on viral videos, have intensified the frustration and fear among residents.
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January 17, 2026 at 8:48 AM
‘Like a Military Occupation’: Clashes Rise With Federal Agents in Minneapolis buff.ly/2YUOsUd Civil war appears as a real scenario now.
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For most of history, progress was a flat line. Then everything took off like a rocket. The only question now: does this story end in liftoff... or collapse?
A short excerpt from the incredible video The Market Exit made - one of my favorite interviews. Check it out: www.youtube.com/@TheMarketExit
A short excerpt from the incredible video The Market Exit made - one of my favorite interviews. Check it out: www.youtube.com/@TheMarketExit
January 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM
For most of history, progress was a flat line. Then everything took off like a rocket. The only question now: does this story end in liftoff... or collapse?
A short excerpt from the incredible video The Market Exit made - one of my favorite interviews. Check it out: www.youtube.com/@TheMarketExit
A short excerpt from the incredible video The Market Exit made - one of my favorite interviews. Check it out: www.youtube.com/@TheMarketExit
‘It is state capitalism’: how Donald Trump is shaking up corporate America buff.ly/7NXRjNM via FT (gift link) His days are numbered. Hope exists.
‘It is state capitalism’: how Donald Trump is shaking up corporate America
President’s freewheeling policy proclamations send shockwaves through companies and financial markets
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January 16, 2026 at 8:30 PM
‘It is state capitalism’: how Donald Trump is shaking up corporate America buff.ly/7NXRjNM via FT (gift link) His days are numbered. Hope exists.
Americans Are Being Asked for ‘Papers’ During Immigration Arrests in Minnesota buff.ly/tIpVQ6o and here comes the police state
Americans Are Being Asked for ‘Papers’ During Immigration Arrests in Minnesota
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said Americans may be asked to prove citizenship during ICE arrests, including people not suspected of wrongdoing.
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January 16, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Americans Are Being Asked for ‘Papers’ During Immigration Arrests in Minnesota buff.ly/tIpVQ6o and here comes the police state
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I'm late to the party, but this guy, and these lectures are *SUPERB!*
They encapsulate the modern world extremely accurately
Rutger Bregman, Reith Lectures 2025
youtu.be/fUJ-qEmQGhM
They encapsulate the modern world extremely accurately
Rutger Bregman, Reith Lectures 2025
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Are we living through the fall of civilisation? | The Reith Lectures 2025
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December 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I'm late to the party, but this guy, and these lectures are *SUPERB!*
They encapsulate the modern world extremely accurately
Rutger Bregman, Reith Lectures 2025
youtu.be/fUJ-qEmQGhM
They encapsulate the modern world extremely accurately
Rutger Bregman, Reith Lectures 2025
youtu.be/fUJ-qEmQGhM
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8% of workers perceive their job as socially useless, while another 17% are doubtful about the usefulness of their job. Source: Dur and Van Lent (2019).
(And no, these are not all government bureaucrats. In fact, there are three times as many BS-jobs in the private sector as in the public sector.)
(And no, these are not all government bureaucrats. In fact, there are three times as many BS-jobs in the private sector as in the public sector.)
January 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
8% of workers perceive their job as socially useless, while another 17% are doubtful about the usefulness of their job. Source: Dur and Van Lent (2019).
(And no, these are not all government bureaucrats. In fact, there are three times as many BS-jobs in the private sector as in the public sector.)
(And no, these are not all government bureaucrats. In fact, there are three times as many BS-jobs in the private sector as in the public sector.)
Time to dump Trump? Europeans whisper last-resort options to save Greenland buff.ly/dAM30i4 via Politico. absolutely. #boycottusa like South Africa in the 80's.
Time to dump Trump? Europeans whisper last-resort options to save Greenland
The alliance is already broken, officials say, so why not threaten to cut ties with America on military collaboration?
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January 16, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Time to dump Trump? Europeans whisper last-resort options to save Greenland buff.ly/dAM30i4 via Politico. absolutely. #boycottusa like South Africa in the 80's.
ARE THESE THE WORLD’S WORST CEOs?
ARE THESE THE WORLD’S WORST CEOs?
The greatest corporate scandals today lie in the quiet fusion of private platforms with public coercive power.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:15 AM
ARE THESE THE WORLD’S WORST CEOs?
Tensions escalate as Trump threatens Insurrection Act, Blanche accuses Minnesota governor of 'terrorism' buff.ly/pOTIlg8 USA Civil war scenarios are NOT far-fetched any longer
Tensions escalate as Trump threatens Insurrection Act, Blanche accuses Minnesota governor of 'terrorism'
President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act as tensions intensify with Democratic politicians in Minnesota following another ICE shooting.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Tensions escalate as Trump threatens Insurrection Act, Blanche accuses Minnesota governor of 'terrorism' buff.ly/pOTIlg8 USA Civil war scenarios are NOT far-fetched any longer
wow: Rutger Bregman does not mince his words here. MUST WATCH: Are we living through the fall of civilisation? | The Reith Lectures 2025 buff.ly/TqzgYM0 Made me think really hard about my #thegoodfuture meme:). thanks @rcbregman
Are we living through the fall of civilisation? | The Reith Lectures 2025
In the first of four 2025 BBC Reith Lectures titled 'A Time of Monsters', the Dutch historian Rutger Bregman asks what can be done to counter the moral decay of today's un-serious elites.
After the…
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January 15, 2026 at 9:15 PM
wow: Rutger Bregman does not mince his words here. MUST WATCH: Are we living through the fall of civilisation? | The Reith Lectures 2025 buff.ly/TqzgYM0 Made me think really hard about my #thegoodfuture meme:). thanks @rcbregman
Hilarious British Rail Christmas Advert (Parody)
Hilarious British Rail Christmas Advert (Parody)
Ever wondered what really happens when you try to get home for Christmas by train? 🎄🚆
This is a corporate-style parody advert imagining what British Rail might sound like if they made a comeback.…
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January 15, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Hilarious British Rail Christmas Advert (Parody)
Technology versus / with Humanity? AI's Challenges and Opportunities for Creators (Seoul Dec 2025) Gerd Leonhard Keynote
Technology versus / with Humanity? AI's Challenges and Opportunities for Creators (Seoul Dec 2025)
This is the complete recording of my recent keynote at the 2025 Seoul AI Content Festival on Dec 5, 2025 see https://aicon2025.imweb.me
Thanks to the hosting organizations: Ministry of Culture,…
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January 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Technology versus / with Humanity? AI's Challenges and Opportunities for Creators (Seoul Dec 2025) Gerd Leonhard Keynote
“Human cognition emerged within a specific constraint regime, one that was shaped over time. Stripped to its essentials, those constraints look like this.”
When Thinking Becomes Weightless
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When Thinking Becomes Weightless
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January 15, 2026 at 3:28 PM
“Human cognition emerged within a specific constraint regime, one that was shaped over time. Stripped to its essentials, those constraints look like this.”
When Thinking Becomes Weightless
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When Thinking Becomes Weightless
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McKinsey challenges graduates to use AI chatbot in recruitment overhaul
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McKinsey challenges graduates to use AI chatbot in recruitment overhaul
Candidates in pilot assessed on how they prompted consulting firm’s AI assistant and ability to adapt responses
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January 15, 2026 at 8:15 AM
McKinsey challenges graduates to use AI chatbot in recruitment overhaul
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How Generative AI is destroying society (must-read paper, via Gary Marcus) – Gerd Leonhard Futurist Humanist Author Keynote Speaker
How Generative AI is destroying society (must-read paper, via Gary Marcus) – Gerd Leonhard Futurist Humanist Author Keynote Speaker
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January 15, 2026 at 2:56 AM
How Generative AI is destroying society (must-read paper, via Gary Marcus) – Gerd Leonhard Futurist Humanist Author Keynote Speaker