Tom and Katherine round off the recent episodes with a broad discussion of the Metaverse: what is it? What are the implications? And should we be scared or excited? Original story: https://tomcheesewright.com/entering-the-metaverse

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Entering the Metaverse

John Keefe is one of the founders of Draw and Code, a content studio building immersive entertainment for the world's biggest brands. Tom speaks to John about the evolution of immersive media across augmented and virtual reality, the state of the art in hardware, and how big the coming revolution will be.

Building an Immersive Future, with John Keefe

Tom talks to fellow futurist and Magic Leap alumnus Cathy Hackl about the Metaverse: the coming together of physical and digital worlds through augmented reality, the internet of things, and more. When is it coming? And what does it mean for brands? Find Cathy Hackl online at https://cathyhackl.com 

Investigating the Metaverse, with Cathy Hackl

Tom speaks to Professor Steven Cleveland, educator and filmmaker about his work on Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King's time in Hawaii and the lessons from the past about the future of social equity. Find out more about Steven's project at https://akinginparadise.com/ 

What's next? Lessons from the past on the future of social equity

Tom speaks to Steve Sinclair, Senior Vice President of Product and Marketing at Mojo Vision, the company building smart contact lenses for a future of invisible computing. This sci-fi prospect is fast becoming reality, another piece of the puzzle in the next big shift in our relationship with computers. Find out more at https://www.mojo.vision/

Smart contact lenses: the future of augmented reality?

Tom highlights the collapse in funding and student numbers in further education in the UK, and Katharine points to the risk of a 'skills timebomb' this presents for the future. Original story: https://tomcheesewright.com/further-and-higher-education-the-dividing-line/

The dividing line: Further and higher education

Tom and Katharine discuss the G7's moment of harmony, the solution to what Tom calls a 'small world problem'. What does that mean? And what is a 'big world problem'? Find out in this episode of Talk About Tomorrow. Original story: https://tomcheesewright.com/small-world-and-big-world-problems

Big world and small world problems

Tom and Katharine talk about the future smart home: transforming furniture, shared energy, and communal living. And about the pitfalls of smart tech, especially when it interacts with pets.  Original story: https://tomcheesewright.com/the-future-home-a-smart-green-machine-for-living-in/

Tomorrow's home: a smart, green machine for living in

Tom argues that the declining trust in media, politicians and experts is down to distance. We are too far from power and too unequal in wealth and education. Katharine brings the data, and connects questions of trust in our employees, our children, and in each other. Read the blog post here: https://tomcheesewright.com/the-trust-gap

S4 E2 The Trust Gap

Season four of Talk About Tomorrow begins with an introduction to Tom's new co-host, Katharine McNamara, and a story about the gamification of life in both fun and less fun ways. In the first episode of this new format, Katharine questions Tom about digital inclusion and social credit, and coins the phrase 'digital Top Trumps'. Tom says 'you know' a lot in response (he promises this will stop). The story on which this episode is based, replete with links and references is here: https://tomcheesewright.com/all-the-worlds-a-stadium-and-all-the-men-and-women-merely-gamers

S4 E1 All the world is a stadium

Why a return to austerity would be a disaster for the post-COVID economy, and where we should spend some stimulus money. Plus, why relationships are a window on the future. Original posts:  - You can't dig yourself out of a hole: https://tomcheesewright.com/you-cant-dig-yourself-out-of-a-hole/  - Relationships are the future: https://tomcheesewright.com/relationships-are-the-future/ Download the Console Connect report referenced in 'Relationships are the future', "The Interconnected Enterprise": https://info.consoleconnect.com/en-gb/resources/console-connect-interconnected-enterprise-report

S3 E20: You can't dig your way out of a hole

For the second interview in a series focused on the future of healthcare sponsored by Sony Professional Solutions Europe, Tom speaks to Dr Rachel Jenner, consultant in paediatric emergency medicine and associate medical director for quality and safety at Manchester Royal Infirmary. Dr Jenner speaks about healthcare through the pandemic and the lessons learned, and about her work with the Violence Reduction Unit, tackling knife crime. Links:  - Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit: https://twitter.com/gm_vru

Interview: The future of healthcare with Dr Rachel Jenner

Tom explores the ethics and etiquette of resurrecting our loved ones as chatbots, following a recent patent filing from Microsoft. Plus, a longer listen about two key technologies that will affect the future: 5G and mixed reality. Original posts:  - https://tomcheesewright.com/digital-life-after-death/  - https://tomcheesewright.com/long-read-5g-and-mixed-reality/

S3E19: A digital life after death

Tom talks to Ludger Philippsen of Sony's European Healthcare practice about the paper they have authored on the future of healthcare. How are organisations in this sector responding to the lessons of lockdown? How is technology transforming the operating environment? And why is it critical to shift their focus from optimisation to adaptation. Read the paper here: https://pro.sony/en_SE/insight/digital-transformation-healthcare-insights/tom-cheesewright-whats-next

Interview: The future of healthcare with Ludger Philippsen, Sony Professional Solutions Europe

Tom explores the sci-fi trope of the brain in the jar. Can we really divorce our minds from our bodies? Plus, replacing the car: how do we tackle all its downsides while keeping its advantages? Original posts:   - The brain in the jar: https://tomcheesewright.com/the-brain-in-the-jar/  - Replacing the car: https://tomcheesewright.com/replacing-the-car/

S3 E18: The brain in the jar

The Book of the Future podcast examines tomorrow's world through the work of applied futurist, Tom Cheesewright, as he helps a range of people and organisations to see what's next.

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