Natasha Nel asks 10 of Hacker Noon’s Top Contributors to weigh in with their strategic tech predictions for 2021 — expect a briefing on everything from recession startups and (self) edtech to AI applied to end Covid-19 and the commoditization of Machine Learning.

With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.

IN THIS PODCAST:

• Matt Klein on the state of mental health (tech) in America
• Melinda LB Lewis on leveling up community and humanity in startup culture
• Ryan Dawson with real-world examples of how ethics is affecting commerce
• Muhammed Bilal on the collapse of traditional education
• Brian Wallace on why we need Chiefs of Soft Skills
• Tian Zhao on Web 3.0 and technology solving the problems of technology
• Gajesh Naik on healthtech and the early detection of disease
• Sharmistha Chatterjee on AI and the implementation a Covid-19 vaccine
• Alexey Grigorev on the no-code movement, applied to Machine Learning
• Vladimiros Peilivanidis on 5G, technopolitics and surveillance