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Throwforward Thursday 66: The end of Antibiotics
Antibiotics changed our world 100 years ago, probably adding about 20 years to average lifespans as we dealt with infections and disease....
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graeme
Aug 11, 20221 min read
Throwforward Thursday 65: The end of rush hour traffic
Why do we still have rush hour traffic - with EVERYONE trying to get to work and school at the SAME TIME every working day? It's 2022 and...
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graeme
Aug 5, 20221 min read
Throwforward Thursday 64: The end of retirement (as we know it)
One of the dumbest things we do in business is force people to retire, simply because they hit a specific date in the calendar, even...
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graeme
Jul 28, 20221 min read
Throwforward Thursday 63: The end of... meat from animals
Imagine a world in which we don't eat meat from animals. No, not a world with no meat, but a rather a world where our meat is grown in...
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graeme
Jul 25, 20221 min read
Easy Future Conversations 3: Investing 101 = Diversify (but in new ways)
In this mini-series of videos, my mate, Carel Nolte and I talk about the future of investment, the importance of wealth creation and I...
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graeme
Jul 21, 20221 min read
Throwforward Thursday 62: The end of phobias
We are all afraid of something, whether it is snakes, spiders, sharks, the dark, heights or something else. Could technology provide...
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graeme
Jul 14, 20221 min read
Throwforward Thursday 61: The end of... diamonds
There are a lot of diamonds in the world - a total of about 6 billion carats (weighing around a million kilograms), with around 140...
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graeme
Jul 1, 20221 min read
Throwforward Thursday 60: The end of... investment brokers and fund managers
Sometime in the 2030s, artificial intelligence-driven algorithms will prove to be better at picking stocks and managing investment funds...
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graeme
Jun 22, 20221 min read
Throwforward Thursday 59: The end of ... insects
In fact, this would be the end of EVERYTHING. There's an insect apocalypse happening at the moment. All around the world, studies are...
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graeme
Jun 19, 20221 min read
Throwfoward Thursday 58: The end of... chocolate (& 3 things we can do to avert potential disaster)
A few days late this week, Throwforward Thursday jumps to the year 2050, where we might have no more cocoa trees in the world. And that...
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graeme
Jun 9, 20221 min read
Throwforward Thursday 57: The end of... series
This week we start a new series about things that are going to end in our lifetimes, and how that will impact the world we live and work...
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graeme
Jun 2, 20221 min read
Throwforward Thursday 56: Xenobots - Living Robots
Made from the stem cells of the African Claw Frog, xenobots were created at the University of Vermont in 2020. They're tiny organisms...
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graeme
May 26, 20221 min read
Throwforward Thursday 55: Natural born humans need not apply
Some jobs in the future will require special skills, restricted to those people who have agreed to augment their human skills with...
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graeme
May 19, 20221 min read
Throwforward Thursday 54: Artificial Ears and Eyes
Right now we are advancing our ability to fix problems with ears and eyes and replace broken parts to give sight and sound to people. In...
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graeme
May 12, 20221 min read
Throwforward Thursday 53: Integrated Real-Time Translation
The development of real-time translation apps - for text, voice and visuals - is moving at breakneck pace. Although still not perfect,...
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graeme
May 5, 20221 min read
Throwforward Thursday 52: Happy 1st Birthday
It's our first anniversary edition of Throwforward Thursday, and Graeme reflects on the three main reasons why our team puts together...
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graeme
Apr 29, 20221 min read
Throwforward Thursday 51: The future of the C-Suite
Twenty years ago, the senior executive team of most businesses was the CEO, COO and CFO - Executive, Operations and Finance. We've since...
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graeme
Apr 22, 20221 min read
Throwforward Thursday 50: The future of data ethics
Using two blockbuster movies from twenty years ago, we look forward at the future of data, predictive analytics, algorithms, and the...
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graeme
Apr 18, 20221 min read
Throwforward Thursday 49: A warning for the future from today: South Africa's extreme weather floods
This week's Throwforward Thursday episode was delayed out of respect for the lives lost in last week's deadly floods in South Africa...
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graeme
Apr 8, 20221 min read
Throwforward Thursday 48: The Metaverse (full version)
The Metaverse is rubbish - at least the version currently being hyped to us by retailers and employers. Join Graeme in the Throwforward...
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