Mark Pesce talks the Future with its Creators
Author mpescePosted on Most of humanity doesn’t bank. Kosta Peric of the Gates Foundation explains how mobile banking transforms the lives in the developing world.
Learn more about the LEVEL ONE project of the Gates Foundation.
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Author mpescePosted on Author mpescePosted on Business banking can’t be coded in an app. Judo Bank CIO Alex Twigg reveals the sweet spot between business relationships and digital banking.
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Author mpescePosted on Retail banking generates most of the sector’s profits. Founder of neobank Up!, Dominic Pym, tells us why the best user experience wins.
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Author mpescePosted on Can a digital-only ‘neobank’ offer a better experience? Co-hosts Mark Pesce and Andrew Davis ask Brett King, the prophet of neobanking, what a better bank might look like.
Brett has a raft of good books available on Amazon…
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Digital devices have come to rule our lives – could a 3000 year-old practice help us tame them? Tiffany Shlain reminds us that a look to the old could help us manage the new.
Tiffany’s marvelous and wise book:
24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week
Author mpescePosted on We see superheroes on cinema screens – but what about our technological superpowers? Naming these new powers helps to understand them, and the amazing Aaron Z. Lewis has given us a pantheon of seven ‘new gods‘ – that we seem to believe in. Now that we know the shape of these new ‘gods’, does that mean we’re not as beholden to them?
This was all sparked by Aaron’s original essay “Metaphors We Believe By: The pantheon of 2019” – it’s a great read, find it here.
Author mpescePosted on Author mpescePosted on 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.
Matt wrote an incredible report, “Ethics by Design: Principles for Good Technology” – full of the questions we should ask every time we use an app or website. Have a read here – it’s very readable!
Close relationships with machines change the way we think, rewiring our nervous systems. How can we stay safe – and ourselves – into the future?
Fiona talks about the ‘The Art & Science of Looking Up’ report – which is available here.
Do billionaires worry about the future? Writer and futurist Doug Rushkoff learned fear of the future drives the 0.0001%ers too.
Doug’s amazing book Team Human is well worth the read.
Author mpescePosted on Now that we know the state of play, we ask the big question: can the automotive sector thrive? Mark, Sally & Drew reflect on what they’ve learned on their journey.
