The Future is Wellbeing The food, health and beauty sectors are converging. Are you geared up for the future of the wellbeing market? What were previously clearly distinctive sectors are now converging to create a dynamic ec... Food Health Society Apr 14, 2025
Douglas Rushkoff: “Being human is a team sport” In terms of performance and productivity, machine systems almost always outperform humans. However, Douglas Rushkoff, Professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics at the City University of New York... Society Technology Apr 2, 2025
Future without ageing: David Sinclair talks about longevity at the GDI What if age were just a number and not an inevitable fate? Dr David Sinclair, a leading scientist in the field of genetics and ageing, is working on precisely this vision. The Harvard Medical School p... Food Health Society Mar 25, 2025
The human behind the AI Can AI produce innovation? Carl Benedikt Frey, Professor of AI and Work at Oxford University, does not believe the use of existing technology will be enough to deliver long-term success. Growth ultima... Society Technology Mar 17, 2025
Toby Clark on the Ozempic effect and its implications Obesity is one of the major health issues of the 21st century. World Health Organization figures indicate that 43% of adults worldwide are overweight and 16% are obese, which means their BMI is over 3... Food Health Society Mar 13, 2025
Why warm data is the key to understanding complexity In an age dominated by big data and algorithms, Nora Bateson, the President of the International Bateson Institute (IBI), is taking a bold step backwards - yet forwards at the same time. Her warm-data... Society Jan 28, 2025
US artist Holly Herndon on AI and art Got a voice like Mick Jagger or Mariah Carey? We all like to give karaoke our best shot – and the closer we get to replicating the original, the better the atmosphere. Yet AI can crash the party by im... Society Technology Jan 23, 2025
Karin Frick on 30 years of trend research at the GDI “When you are in the middle of it, you almost never realise that you are witnessing an event that will change the course of history,” wrote the Serbian-American economist Branko Milanovic recently. e ... Society Technology Jan 20, 2025
Future skills in the age of AI Dr Jakub Samochowiec’s work explores the challenges and opportunities that generative AI presents for the world of work. In studies such as 'Future skills' and 'Strategies for dealing with the labour ... Society Technology Jan 9, 2025
Education in the age of AI: what’s left for us to learn? Rote learning has had its day. Almost 400 years after we started cramming knowledge into people, the success of artificial intelligence won't only enable new ways of learning. It will more-or-less req... Society Technology Jan 8, 2025
Getting people to volunteer The voluntary commitment shown by lots of people enables society to work effectively. Many organisations today nevertheless struggle to find volunteers. This is often attributed to demographics and an... Society Dec 18, 2024
GDI must-reads 2024 As the year draws to a close, we've put together a carefully chosen selection of books that particularly impressed our researchers and staff. From social upheaval and technological challenges to perso... Retail Society Sustainability Technology Dec 14, 2024