Retail banking generates most of the sector’s profits. Founder of neobank Up!, Dominic Pym, tells us why the best user experience wins.
Listen to the all the episodes of BetaBank here…
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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…
You can listen to all of BetaBank here…
Episode 3.14 Day of Rest with Tiffany Shlain
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 Episode 3.13 Gods & Monsters with Aaron Z. Lewis
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.
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Author mpescePosted on Episode 3.12 Questions for a new Machine Age with Matthew Beard
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!
Episode 3.11 The Ethics of the Machine with Dr. Fiona Kerr
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.
Episode 3.10 Paranoid Billionaires with Doug Rushkoff
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.
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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.
Author mpescePosted on Episode 3.09 The Future of the Web with Sean White
In thirty years the Web has grown into the foundation of civilisation – but can we make the Web more useful, more private – and more human? That’s a question that Sean White, Chief Research & Development Officer at browser-maker Mozilla continually considers. The answer is evolving.
Some of the answer lies with new Web technologies, like Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid project. And plenty of the answer lies within ourselves, as our use of the Web evolves.
Author mpescePosted on THE NEXT BILLION CARS Episode 9 – The Next Billion Carmakers
It’s the birth of ‘fabless’ production – manufacturing without huge capital investment. Will we be able to design a car ourselves – inexpensively and safely?
Author mpescePosted on Episode 3.08 The History of the Future with Blake Harris
Virtual Reality roared back to life this decade due to the efforts of visionary teenager Palmer Luckey. Luckey built Oculus, sold to Facebook for $3 billion – then got fired.
Blake Harris’ wonderful book The History of The Future: Oculus, Facebook and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality served as the foundation for this episode – a true life story of triumph and tragedy. It’s a rip roaring good read. Grab a copy here.
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