The Near Futurist

By: Guy Clapperton
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  • Fortnightly look at the impact of future technologies on our lives - what can we do now to prepare for the next few years? Senior journalist Guy Clapperton presents a series of interviews with consultants, technologists and future thinkers in general that takes the shorter-term view rather than forecasting decades ahead.
    Copyright (c) Guy Clapperton
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  • Mind over technological matter

    Mind over technological matter
    Feb 2 2024

    We keep hearing that we're too stressed because we're always on and we spend too much time in front of screens. No argument there but technology can also help. Dr. Emilia Molimpakis of Thymia explains to Guy Clapperton that monitoring of employees in an anonymised, non-intrusive manner can expose all sorts of behaviours that indicate someone is heading for a crash. But to what extent should employers be monitoring people in this way in the first place - and what should they do with the information?

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    23 mins
  • Powering the People

    Powering the People
    Jan 5 2024

    So many myths about selling electricity between neighbours and yet it never seems to happen - meanwhile the cost of living is set to continue skyrocketing this year. Near Futurist podcaster Guy Clapperton speaks to Jo-Jo Hubbard, CEO of Electron, about how the infrastructure and business models are coming around to enable people to trade electricity with each other at last.
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    15 mins
  • AI and women - still an issue?

    AI and women - still an issue?
    Dec 1 2023
    32 mins
Social Sciences
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