Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor in Earth System Science at the University of Potsdam
Planetary boundaries - and why they are so critical to our survival
Johan Rockström is one of the world’s leading climate and sustainability experts. A fierce advocate for deep and rapid cuts in carbon emissions, he points to the need for an ‘exponential carbon roadmap.’ He is best known for his groundbreaking 2009 work on Planetary Boundaries, nine processes that regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth system. If we remain within these, humanity can continue to develop and thrive for generations to come; breaching them – as we are increasingly doing – poses serious threats to our future.
Founding CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate
Countering digital hate
Imran joins us to discuss the social and psychological dynamics of social media, as well as what goes wrong in those spaces, such as trolling, identity-based hate, misinformation, conspiracy theories, modern extremism, and fake news.
UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance; Author and Financial Journalist
The Power Law – How Venture Capital Disrupted the World (in collaboration with How to Academy)
The driving force behind Silicon Valley and the digital economy, venture capital has supercharged the 21st century. Mark Carney and Sebastian Mallaby join us with an insider’s guide.
Ben will be discussing the impact of fintech on every part of the financial industry. He will also explain why Clocktower Technology Ventures do not invest in crypto.
Liberty City Ventures have been involved in the blockchain space since 2010 (buying and mining bitcoins) and cofounded/incubated two major companies in the blockchain infrastructure ecosystem (Paxos and Lukka). As part of our crypto series, Emil joins us to share his expertise in this space.
Finding Solace in Dark Times, in collaboration with How to Academy
Michael reflects upon a philosophical question touching each of our lives: how do we console one other and ourselves in an age of unbelief? When we lose someone we love, when we suffer loss or defeat, when catastrophe strikes – war, famine, pandemic – we go in search of consolation. In exploring this essential idea, Ignatieff shows how men and women in extremity have looked to each other across time to recover hope and resilience.
Nathan will share his struggle – and that of countless Hong Kongers who have marched and protested – for the rights and freedoms that were promised to Hong Kong but have been cruelly denied by Beijing. He argues that we must defend our freedom now or face losing it forever.
Former Government Minister, visiting Professor at King's College, London
China and Russia: differential risks
Sir Malcolm will analyse the challenges posed by the rise of China; and whether China is likely to become the new global superpower. He will also discuss the risks we face from Putin’s Russia.
Former Chief Business Officer of Google [X], entrepreneur and bestselling author
The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World, in collaboration with How to Academy
By the year 2029, it is predicted that machine intelligence will break out of specific tasks and into general intelligence and that by 2049, AI will be a billion times smarter, in everything, than the smartest human. If AI is Einstein and humans are a fly, how do we convince this super being not to squash the fly?
