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The Future Is Already Uneven | Pieter Geldenhuys

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In this episode of The Knowledge Hub, hosted by Prof Ignatius Gous, the guest is Pieter Geldenhuys, a futurist and technology expert. His approach is restrained. No grand forecasts. No certainty. Instead, structure.

Geldenhuys frames the future through three interacting forces:

Demographic megatrendsExponential technologiesComplex adaptive systems

Each operates at a different tempo. Demography moves slowly. Technology scales rapidly. Complexity ensures that interactions between the two produce outcomes that are hard to predict.

The result is not chaos. It is unevenness.
Chapters
  • 00:00 Why Prediction Fails
  • 07:10 Demography Sets Constraints
  • 15:30 Ageing Economies, Youth Bulges
  • 24:00 Exponential Technology Curves
  • 32:40 AI & Accelerated Discovery
  • 41:00 Standards& The Gorilla Game
  • 49:20 Digital Twins & Reaction Speed
  • 57:30 2065: Uneven And Adaptive
20 Feb English South Africa Education · Business

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