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When you have mastered Economics, Sociology and Computing Bitcoin is Everything you don’t know about money, combined with Everything you don’t know about computing. John Oliver. What is Bitcoin? We’ve all had this conversation over the years. The topic tends to bounce around a broad area, from the theory of…

What Five Technology Surges in the last 250 Years Tell Us About the Future and How Web3 Might Fit Into This Account. “The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.” Mark Twain We are in a period of great technological and social change, but not for the first time. …

There is a movement to move from the five-day working week to four. ‘Less Work, Same Pay’ anyone? But before we jump in too quickly to the three-day weekend. …

Moonlighting in the Virtual Economy — All societies end up wearing masks. Jean Baudrillard. We all know someone who has immersed themselves into virtual digital worlds. The kids playing Fortnite or The Elder Scrolls into the night. The executive addicted to her emails and social media. The roadrunner totally immersed in their podcast. Over the last…

Getting Curious About Decentralized Finance The cover of The Economist caught my eye this week – “Down the rabbit hole — The promise and perils of decentralized finance”. The weekly newspaper was founded in 1843 and owned by wealthy industrial families. …

Anywheres vs Somewheres and The New Geography of Work The location of work has changed for half the workforce. When the world opens up again many will join the Digital Nomads because they can work anywhere. Others will need to stay local. This will have big implications for employers, and city economies too. Anywheres Vs Somewheres Any discussion on the future of…

This article is from the Workforce Futurist Newsletter, please subscribe for original research and insights from the rapidly changing world of work. Decentralised autonomous organisations, or DAOs, have been a powerful idea in the blockchain universe for many years. In my article Blockchain and the Decentralised Workforce I describe how…

The potentially scary overlap between wellbeing and workplace technology This article is from the Workforce Futurist Newsletter, please subscribe for original research and insights from the rapidly changing world of work. Workforce Tech is hot at the moment with Monday IPO last week ($7.6B …