Transformative Technologies, Disruption and the Shape of Things to Come, 2040’s Ideas and Innovations Newsletter, Issue 79

Issue 79: Oct 27, 2022

As we contemplate the end of another year, now is a good time to revisit the opportunities and shortfalls of technology.  And to clear up some popular theories that may be losing ground. As we have said many times, technology is no panacea or silver bullet, it is simply a tool to augment our intelligence, make our solutions smarter and help us measure what matters in a way that matters. Remember, machines and applications have no goals and no agendas. They have no values or ethics. They are task-based operating on the programming we input and the function we have established. The bigger they get, the more hidden are their failures. There is a fundamental distinction between thinking and knowing. And most critically, they are programmed and coded by human beings with all their strengths and inherent biases and therefore, are and can be as faulty and error prone as we are.