Nikola Danaylov Ⓥ
@veganfuturist.bsky.social
Futurist Keynote Speaker | Raconteur & Provocateur
Unlocking Context. Leveraging Change. Driving Impact.
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Unlocking Context. Leveraging Change. Driving Impact.
Speaker inquiries & insights: https://snglrty.co/3Edlsij
Revisiting my conversation with astrobiologist Lewis Dartnell on Origins, a deep dive into how Earth’s geology shaped humanity, the Anthropocene, AI, resilience, and whether we’re alone.
2 lines still echo:
We’re children of plate tectonics.
Humanity survives on eating grass.
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2 lines still echo:
We’re children of plate tectonics.
Humanity survives on eating grass.
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Lewis Dartnell on Origins: How the Earth Shaped Human History
Prof. Lewis Dartnell explains how and why Earth's geological planetary processes drove the evolution of humanity.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Revisiting my conversation with astrobiologist Lewis Dartnell on Origins, a deep dive into how Earth’s geology shaped humanity, the Anthropocene, AI, resilience, and whether we’re alone.
2 lines still echo:
We’re children of plate tectonics.
Humanity survives on eating grass.
snglrty.co/3Xs4HpO
2 lines still echo:
We’re children of plate tectonics.
Humanity survives on eating grass.
snglrty.co/3Xs4HpO
AI’s next leap won’t come from scaling laws—it’ll come from biology.
In my interview with Danko Nikolic & John Smart, we explore networks as life’s foundation, the limits of current #AI, and how #neuromimicry + #biomimicry may be the real path to alignment.
Watch here: snglrty.co/4buvY0S
In my interview with Danko Nikolic & John Smart, we explore networks as life’s foundation, the limits of current #AI, and how #neuromimicry + #biomimicry may be the real path to alignment.
Watch here: snglrty.co/4buvY0S
Danko Nikolic and John Smart on AI, Practopoiesis, and Autopoiesis
Danko Nikolic and John Smart discuss the future of AI, Neuromimicry, Biomimicry, and the AI Alignment Problem.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
AI’s next leap won’t come from scaling laws—it’ll come from biology.
In my interview with Danko Nikolic & John Smart, we explore networks as life’s foundation, the limits of current #AI, and how #neuromimicry + #biomimicry may be the real path to alignment.
Watch here: snglrty.co/4buvY0S
In my interview with Danko Nikolic & John Smart, we explore networks as life’s foundation, the limits of current #AI, and how #neuromimicry + #biomimicry may be the real path to alignment.
Watch here: snglrty.co/4buvY0S
I spoke with David Wood about The Singularity Principles — his roadmap for staying ahead of accelerating #tech. We dig into the power–wisdom gap, #ethics, #AI alignment, and his view of the #Singularity.
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Watch: snglrty.co/3XtNSLd
David Wood on the Singularity Principles
The Singularity Principles is a unique, comprehensive, and principled framework for riding the tsunami of change, instead of drowning in it.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I spoke with David Wood about The Singularity Principles — his roadmap for staying ahead of accelerating #tech. We dig into the power–wisdom gap, #ethics, #AI alignment, and his view of the #Singularity.
Watch: snglrty.co/3XtNSLd
Watch: snglrty.co/3XtNSLd
Three years ago, I sat down with Zoltan Istvan for a blunt conversation about AI, transhumanism, politics, AGI timelines, and the ethics of “fixing the future” by breaking the present. With Zoltan now running for Governor of California, this discussion feels even more timely.
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Zoltan Istvan on AI, Transhumanism, Politics and Ethics
Zoltan Istvan discusses a variety of topics, including criticism to some of his controversial political, economic and technical proposals.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Three years ago, I sat down with Zoltan Istvan for a blunt conversation about AI, transhumanism, politics, AGI timelines, and the ethics of “fixing the future” by breaking the present. With Zoltan now running for Governor of California, this discussion feels even more timely.
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Uncertainty isn’t a threat — it’s an advantage.
In this convo, Ursula Eysin and I dig into scenario planning, AI, leadership, and why predicting the future is a powerless position.
Her best line: “See uncertainty as a gift.”
Full interview: snglrty.co/4bm53UK
In this convo, Ursula Eysin and I dig into scenario planning, AI, leadership, and why predicting the future is a powerless position.
Her best line: “See uncertainty as a gift.”
Full interview: snglrty.co/4bm53UK
Ursula Eysin on Uncertainty and Future Scenarios
Ursula Eysin suggests that we turn uncertainty into an advantage, see it as a gift, and connect to other people.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Uncertainty isn’t a threat — it’s an advantage.
In this convo, Ursula Eysin and I dig into scenario planning, AI, leadership, and why predicting the future is a powerless position.
Her best line: “See uncertainty as a gift.”
Full interview: snglrty.co/4bm53UK
In this convo, Ursula Eysin and I dig into scenario planning, AI, leadership, and why predicting the future is a powerless position.
Her best line: “See uncertainty as a gift.”
Full interview: snglrty.co/4bm53UK
Prof. Massimo Pigliucci and I dug into story, virtue, leadership—and whether character can keep pace with AI.
Still one of the most timely conversations I’ve had.
Full episode: snglrty.co/41BZBd6
Still one of the most timely conversations I’ve had.
Full episode: snglrty.co/41BZBd6
Massimo Pigliucci on Story, Virtue, Character and AI
Massimo Pigliucci is one of those rare people who manage to combine the pursuit of deep science and the living ethos of practical philosophy.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Prof. Massimo Pigliucci and I dug into story, virtue, leadership—and whether character can keep pace with AI.
Still one of the most timely conversations I’ve had.
Full episode: snglrty.co/41BZBd6
Still one of the most timely conversations I’ve had.
Full episode: snglrty.co/41BZBd6
Revisiting my 2023 interview with futurist Nikolas Badminton:
— Futurism = activism
— Hope needs imagination
— Nostalgia kills futures thinking
A powerful conversation that still holds up.
Watch here ↓
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— Futurism = activism
— Hope needs imagination
— Nostalgia kills futures thinking
A powerful conversation that still holds up.
Watch here ↓
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Nikolas Badminton on Facing Our Futures: Futurism is Activism
Nikolas Badminton is the Chief Futurist at futurist.com. See his interview to learn foresight tools and lessons from "Facing Our Futures."
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November 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Revisiting my 2023 interview with futurist Nikolas Badminton:
— Futurism = activism
— Hope needs imagination
— Nostalgia kills futures thinking
A powerful conversation that still holds up.
Watch here ↓
snglrty.co/3Xkzx3w
— Futurism = activism
— Hope needs imagination
— Nostalgia kills futures thinking
A powerful conversation that still holds up.
Watch here ↓
snglrty.co/3Xkzx3w
#Answers feel safe. #Questions build the future.
In an age of instant answers (AI included), our real advantage is the courage to ask better questions.
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In an age of instant answers (AI included), our real advantage is the courage to ask better questions.
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The World is Transformed by Asking Questions [draft]
Politics, religion & philosophy have promised us THE answers for millennia. But the value delivered has always been contextual and temporary...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#Answers feel safe. #Questions build the future.
In an age of instant answers (AI included), our real advantage is the courage to ask better questions.
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In an age of instant answers (AI included), our real advantage is the courage to ask better questions.
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Are we leaving the most human parts of ourselves out of AI?
Dr. Eve Poole argues our “junk code”—emotion, intuition, meaning, story—is actually our survival code.
Watch: snglrty.co/4i1UZn8
Dr. Eve Poole argues our “junk code”—emotion, intuition, meaning, story—is actually our survival code.
Watch: snglrty.co/4i1UZn8
Eve Poole on Robot Souls, Junk Code and the Future of AI
Eve Poole on her book "Robot Souls," junk code, and why programming humanity into AI may be the key to protecting what makes us human.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Are we leaving the most human parts of ourselves out of AI?
Dr. Eve Poole argues our “junk code”—emotion, intuition, meaning, story—is actually our survival code.
Watch: snglrty.co/4i1UZn8
Dr. Eve Poole argues our “junk code”—emotion, intuition, meaning, story—is actually our survival code.
Watch: snglrty.co/4i1UZn8
Émile Torres and I went deep on transhumanism, longtermism, AI, bias, and the stories shaping our future. A sharp, provocative conversation worth your time.
Full interview: snglrty.co/3TVEgap
Full interview: snglrty.co/3TVEgap
Émile Torres on Transhumanism, Longtermism and Existential Risks
Émile Torres on existential risks, escatology, teleology and transhumanism: "One of the risks of the future is Longtermism itself."
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November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Émile Torres and I went deep on transhumanism, longtermism, AI, bias, and the stories shaping our future. A sharp, provocative conversation worth your time.
Full interview: snglrty.co/3TVEgap
Full interview: snglrty.co/3TVEgap
Kevin Kelly and I talked about something tech avoids: #wisdom.
Also #AI, #ethics, #power, long-term thinking.
His line that still guides me: “Work on something with no name.”
Watch: snglrty.co/415rEjK
Also #AI, #ethics, #power, long-term thinking.
His line that still guides me: “Work on something with no name.”
Watch: snglrty.co/415rEjK
Kevin Kelly on Wisdom and Excellent Advice for Living
"Work on something that has no name." That's just 1 of the 450 seeds of wisdom from Kevin Kelly's latest book "Excellent Advice for Living."
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November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Kevin Kelly and I talked about something tech avoids: #wisdom.
Also #AI, #ethics, #power, long-term thinking.
His line that still guides me: “Work on something with no name.”
Watch: snglrty.co/415rEjK
Also #AI, #ethics, #power, long-term thinking.
His line that still guides me: “Work on something with no name.”
Watch: snglrty.co/415rEjK
Back in 2023, Baba Brinkman turned my Future Shock keynote into an improvised rap—on the spot.
He captured the whole message in rhyme: adapt and survive.
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He captured the whole message in rhyme: adapt and survive.
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Future Shock Keynote Rap
Baba Brinkman performs an impromptu Future Shock Rap based on Nikola Danaylov's titular keynote speech for The Event in Gatineau, QC.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Back in 2023, Baba Brinkman turned my Future Shock keynote into an improvised rap—on the spot.
He captured the whole message in rhyme: adapt and survive.
👉 snglrty.co/3LBhHGG
He captured the whole message in rhyme: adapt and survive.
👉 snglrty.co/3LBhHGG
Can circus survive AI?
Yes — by staying human. The future isn’t virtual or live. It’s hybrid. Because the circus business isn’t the circus business.
It’s awe and wonder.
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Yes — by staying human. The future isn’t virtual or live. It’s hybrid. Because the circus business isn’t the circus business.
It’s awe and wonder.
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The Future of Circus
The 10 most important strategies for how circus businesses and artists can thrive in a changing entertainment industry.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Can circus survive AI?
Yes — by staying human. The future isn’t virtual or live. It’s hybrid. Because the circus business isn’t the circus business.
It’s awe and wonder.
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Yes — by staying human. The future isn’t virtual or live. It’s hybrid. Because the circus business isn’t the circus business.
It’s awe and wonder.
🎪 snglrty.co/3yP36Bv
“Revery leads to participation.”
Dr. Martin Shaw reminds us that myth is a beautiful lie that tells a deeper truth — one that heals our data-driven world.
🎙️ Be a story-maker for your times.
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Dr. Martin Shaw reminds us that myth is a beautiful lie that tells a deeper truth — one that heals our data-driven world.
🎙️ Be a story-maker for your times.
Watch → snglrty.co/4i6CInr
Modern Bard Dr. Martin Shaw: Be a Story-maker for Your Times
Oral storyteller Martin Shaw on being a raconteur, telling stories, the power of myth, technology, AI and having a "service code."
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November 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“Revery leads to participation.”
Dr. Martin Shaw reminds us that myth is a beautiful lie that tells a deeper truth — one that heals our data-driven world.
🎙️ Be a story-maker for your times.
Watch → snglrty.co/4i6CInr
Dr. Martin Shaw reminds us that myth is a beautiful lie that tells a deeper truth — one that heals our data-driven world.
🎙️ Be a story-maker for your times.
Watch → snglrty.co/4i6CInr
18 months ago, I joined This Week in NoCode to explore the future of AI—and humanity.
We talked ethics, culture, and why wisdom must evolve alongside intelligence.
Our biggest project isn’t AI—it’s us.
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We talked ethics, culture, and why wisdom must evolve alongside intelligence.
Our biggest project isn’t AI—it’s us.
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Nikola Danaylov: AI Matters. Character and Culture Matter More
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November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
18 months ago, I joined This Week in NoCode to explore the future of AI—and humanity.
We talked ethics, culture, and why wisdom must evolve alongside intelligence.
Our biggest project isn’t AI—it’s us.
🎧 snglrty.co/49Sb8aE
We talked ethics, culture, and why wisdom must evolve alongside intelligence.
Our biggest project isn’t AI—it’s us.
🎧 snglrty.co/49Sb8aE
Every era thinks it needs new ethics for new tech.
But ethics isn’t an app you download — it’s a way of life.
Until we are better, our tech won’t be either.
First ethics. Then technology.
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But ethics isn’t an app you download — it’s a way of life.
Until we are better, our tech won’t be either.
First ethics. Then technology.
🎧 Listen/read: snglrty.co/4oYG9A7
It’s Ethics. Not Tech Ethics.
There is no such thing as tech ethics, venture capital ethics, startup ethics, blockchain ethics, IPO ethics etc. There is only ethics and bullshit ethics.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Every era thinks it needs new ethics for new tech.
But ethics isn’t an app you download — it’s a way of life.
Until we are better, our tech won’t be either.
First ethics. Then technology.
🎧 Listen/read: snglrty.co/4oYG9A7
But ethics isn’t an app you download — it’s a way of life.
Until we are better, our tech won’t be either.
First ethics. Then technology.
🎧 Listen/read: snglrty.co/4oYG9A7
I’ve been vegan for 9 years — for my health, our planet, and our future.
If we expect AI to treat us with compassion, we must model that compassion toward other sentient beings.
Veganism isn’t perfection — it’s alignment. 🌱🤖
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If we expect AI to treat us with compassion, we must model that compassion toward other sentient beings.
Veganism isn’t perfection — it’s alignment. 🌱🤖
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Our Future, AI and Veganism: 6 Reasons Why I Went Vegan
People keep asking why I went vegan so I decided to share the top 6 reasons. Check out the list below and do let me know if you agree or not.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I’ve been vegan for 9 years — for my health, our planet, and our future.
If we expect AI to treat us with compassion, we must model that compassion toward other sentient beings.
Veganism isn’t perfection — it’s alignment. 🌱🤖
🎧 snglrty.co/3Xuj8tN
If we expect AI to treat us with compassion, we must model that compassion toward other sentient beings.
Veganism isn’t perfection — it’s alignment. 🌱🤖
🎧 snglrty.co/3Xuj8tN
For centuries, labor and capital needed each other.
Now AI lets capital create labor instead of hiring it.
What happens when humans are no longer required?
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#AI #Automation #FutureOfWork
Now AI lets capital create labor instead of hiring it.
What happens when humans are no longer required?
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#AI #Automation #FutureOfWork
Tech Unemployment: The Future of Labor in an AI-Driven Economy
Classical economics suggests a theoretical long-term capital/labor equilibrium. But what about tech unemployment in an AI-driven economy?
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November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
For centuries, labor and capital needed each other.
Now AI lets capital create labor instead of hiring it.
What happens when humans are no longer required?
🎧 snglrty.co/2Gad9jF
#AI #Automation #FutureOfWork
Now AI lets capital create labor instead of hiring it.
What happens when humans are no longer required?
🎧 snglrty.co/2Gad9jF
#AI #Automation #FutureOfWork
Technology is the new religion.
Silicon Valley—the new Promised Land.
Entrepreneurs—the new prophets.
But technology is the how, not the why or what.
If we forget that, the tool becomes the master.
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#AI #WhyBeforeAI #Futurism
Silicon Valley—the new Promised Land.
Entrepreneurs—the new prophets.
But technology is the how, not the why or what.
If we forget that, the tool becomes the master.
🎧 snglrty.co/4i4PyCV
#AI #WhyBeforeAI #Futurism
Technology is the How, not the Why or What
Technology is the new religion, Silicon Valley the new Promised Land, and entrepreneurs the new prophets. They promise abundance/immortality and we're all believers.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Technology is the new religion.
Silicon Valley—the new Promised Land.
Entrepreneurs—the new prophets.
But technology is the how, not the why or what.
If we forget that, the tool becomes the master.
🎧 snglrty.co/4i4PyCV
#AI #WhyBeforeAI #Futurism
Silicon Valley—the new Promised Land.
Entrepreneurs—the new prophets.
But technology is the how, not the why or what.
If we forget that, the tool becomes the master.
🎧 snglrty.co/4i4PyCV
#AI #WhyBeforeAI #Futurism
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Manifestos inspire revolutions. Dilemmas inspire reflection.
15 years after writing A Transhumanist Manifesto, I’ve returned to Hamlet’s doubt: not just can tech replace biology—but should it?
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#Transhumanism #AI #Futurism #Philosophy
15 years after writing A Transhumanist Manifesto, I’ve returned to Hamlet’s doubt: not just can tech replace biology—but should it?
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#Transhumanism #AI #Futurism #Philosophy
Transhumanist Manifestos and Dilemmas: 15 Years Later
15 years since I wrote Hamlet’s Transhumanist Dilemma and a Transhumanist Manifesto. Much has changed, including my perspective.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Manifestos inspire revolutions. Dilemmas inspire reflection.
15 years after writing A Transhumanist Manifesto, I’ve returned to Hamlet’s doubt: not just can tech replace biology—but should it?
🎧 snglrty.co/2Wjtxal
#Transhumanism #AI #Futurism #Philosophy
15 years after writing A Transhumanist Manifesto, I’ve returned to Hamlet’s doubt: not just can tech replace biology—but should it?
🎧 snglrty.co/2Wjtxal
#Transhumanism #AI #Futurism #Philosophy
#Content isn’t king — #context is.
Content informs. Context transforms.
In the age of AI, the winners won’t be those who create more content, but those who shape better context.
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#AI #ContextIsKing #Storytelling
Content informs. Context transforms.
In the age of AI, the winners won’t be those who create more content, but those who shape better context.
🎬 Watch the 4-min keynote: snglrty.co/4eoTgoA
#AI #ContextIsKing #Storytelling
Nikola Danaylov: Content is NOT King, Context Is!
Content vs Context: a 4-minute mini-keynote by Nikola Danaylov on why content is NOT king but context is ;-)
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November 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
#Content isn’t king — #context is.
Content informs. Context transforms.
In the age of AI, the winners won’t be those who create more content, but those who shape better context.
🎬 Watch the 4-min keynote: snglrty.co/4eoTgoA
#AI #ContextIsKing #Storytelling
Content informs. Context transforms.
In the age of AI, the winners won’t be those who create more content, but those who shape better context.
🎬 Watch the 4-min keynote: snglrty.co/4eoTgoA
#AI #ContextIsKing #Storytelling
AI doesn’t shape humanity — it reflects it.
Our character sets the ceiling, our culture defines the code.
AI matters, but character and culture matter more.
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#AI #Ethics #Futurism #Culture #Leadership
Our character sets the ceiling, our culture defines the code.
AI matters, but character and culture matter more.
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#AI #Ethics #Futurism #Culture #Leadership
AI Matters. Character and Culture Matter More!
While AI is undeniably a transformative force shaping our civilization, our character and culture will ultimately define its impact.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
AI doesn’t shape humanity — it reflects it.
Our character sets the ceiling, our culture defines the code.
AI matters, but character and culture matter more.
👉 snglrty.co/3BsnzNv
#AI #Ethics #Futurism #Culture #Leadership
Our character sets the ceiling, our culture defines the code.
AI matters, but character and culture matter more.
👉 snglrty.co/3BsnzNv
#AI #Ethics #Futurism #Culture #Leadership
We’ve built machines that think — but have we learned to think wisely ourselves?
#Genius builds tools.
#Wisdom decides how to use them.
#AI may be brilliant, but can #humanity match it with wisdom?
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#Genius builds tools.
#Wisdom decides how to use them.
#AI may be brilliant, but can #humanity match it with wisdom?
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HumAInity Is Genius, But Where’s the Wisdom?
There's no doubt that HumAInity has genius, but do we have enough wisdom? Are we merely clever, or are we truly wise?
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November 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
We’ve built machines that think — but have we learned to think wisely ourselves?
#Genius builds tools.
#Wisdom decides how to use them.
#AI may be brilliant, but can #humanity match it with wisdom?
🔗 snglrty.co/3ZejlBn
#Genius builds tools.
#Wisdom decides how to use them.
#AI may be brilliant, but can #humanity match it with wisdom?
🔗 snglrty.co/3ZejlBn
AI keeps getting smarter—but can it ever feel?
In this Singularity.FM conversation, EQ expert Jamelle Lindo and I explore why emotional intelligence may be the ultimate human advantage in the age of AI.
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#AI #EQ #Leadership #SingularityFM
In this Singularity.FM conversation, EQ expert Jamelle Lindo and I explore why emotional intelligence may be the ultimate human advantage in the age of AI.
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#AI #EQ #Leadership #SingularityFM
Jamelle Lindo on Emotional Intelligence in the Age of AI
Discover how emotional intelligence can guide us through rapid change as Jamelle Lindo helps us explore EQ in the age of AI.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
AI keeps getting smarter—but can it ever feel?
In this Singularity.FM conversation, EQ expert Jamelle Lindo and I explore why emotional intelligence may be the ultimate human advantage in the age of AI.
🎧 snglrty.co/49t3m6Z
#AI #EQ #Leadership #SingularityFM
In this Singularity.FM conversation, EQ expert Jamelle Lindo and I explore why emotional intelligence may be the ultimate human advantage in the age of AI.
🎧 snglrty.co/49t3m6Z
#AI #EQ #Leadership #SingularityFM