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Heather Schlegel
Conversations about the Future with Futurist Heather Schlegel.
Host of the Future of Money, The Future of Wearables and the Future of Car episodes.
Heather Vescent tests her new mic reading chapter 3 of Structured Procrastination by John Perry.
We’re increasingly using technology to create our online experiences, whether it’s music or news selections, dating prospects or a personalized social feed; artificial intelligence is becoming the backbone technology creating our future experiences. Will this improve our lives or will we live in a homogenized world, where chance, diversity and serendipity are overridden by algorithms?
This is a low fidelity audio recording of the panel, "AI and the Suburbanization of the Mind," presented on March 16, 2017 at SXSW in Austin, Texas as part of the IEEE Tech for Humanity Series. Joining Heather Vescent on the panel, are Jay Iorio, Director of Innovation at IEEE Standards and BC Biermann, Founder of The Heavy Projects.
Need a provocative future focused speaker? Heather is available for keynotes, panels and corporate events. Get in touch at www.heathervescent.com.
SXSW photo by: http://jessicaklima.zenfolio.com/p2808929
As a form of structured procrastination, I recorded the first two chapters of the book, Structured Procrastination.
A few years ago I was procrastinating some really important task. It was down to the wire, and yet, I decided I had to record the first two chapters of the book, Structured Procrastination. It's a great book. Go buy it.
Rethinking Payments in the Sharing Economy was presented on May 11, 2016 at the Total Payments and Retail event in Melbourne, Australia.
In this talk, Heather Schlegel explains how the sharing economy combines traditional financial transactions and also includes emotional experiences. It goes on to explain how technology facilitates trust through a payment platform, with local regulations and global reputation systems. (Blockchain comment at the 10 minute mark.)
Heather Schlegel researches and reports on the global changes occurring in payments and transactions. Looking for a provocative future focused speaker? I'm available for keynotes, panels and corporate events. Get in touch at heathervescent@gmail.com.
Thanks to Brad Court, Melissa Ching and the team at Total Payments and Retail. Very special thanks to Dave Birch, Ian Danksin for audio production and Sarafina Rodrigeuz
Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/heathervescent/payments-in-the-sharing-economy-total-payments-melbourne-australia
Future of Wearables 10: Brenda Laurel & Rob Tow on Virtual Environments by Heather Schlegel
Future of Wearables 2: Boisy Pitre on the Emotional side of technology by Heather Schlegel
Future of Wearables 3: Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum editor on Practical Health Applications by Heather Schlegel
Future of Money 6: Tara Hunt on Reputation Currencies and Social Capital by Heather Schlegel
Future of Money 8: Ferananda Ibarra on Invisible Economic Architectures by Heather Schlegel
Future of Money 9: Bradley Leimer on the Future of Lending & Crowdfunding by Heather Schlegel
Future of Money 10: Jean Russell on Alternate Currencies, Scaling Trust & Shame we feel about Money by Heather Schlegel
Future of Money 14: Ted Werth on Reputation as a New Advertising Model by Heather Schlegel
FOM host, Heather Schlegel is interviewed by Kickstarter backer, Joyce Bettencourt by Heather Schlegel
I’m not ready to give up the feeling of being behind a wheel, wind blowing my hair, driving at speed on the open road. Vote for our SxSW panel submission - The Automotive Singularity is Not Near: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/47256
The panel will discuss what we lose – and gain – when we switch to autonomous driving cars. What the transition might be like, and new problems and unintended consequences this technology might bring.
I'm Heather Schlegel, a social scientist fascinated by the way technology is changing our lives.
I contacted Alex Roy to talk with me about the future of cars. I learned about Alex years ago when he broke the Gumball 3000 record – driving from NY to LA in about 31 hours. I have to admit I was a little jealous of that road trip. I wanted to know Alex’s opinion about augmented driving technology. Was he willing to give up the wheel to a robot? Because I wasn’t.
Today's interview recorded on September 8th, 2014 is with Ruth Grayson. Ruth was an early Los Angeles Lyft driver, and we’re talking about her experience with Lyft and her active participation in the Resource Sharing Economy.
Today's interview recorded on July 27, 2014 is with Autumn Rooney, founder of the Echo Park Time Bank. Learn more about the Arroyo S.E.C.O. Network of Time Banks at www.asntb.com and www.arroyo-seco.org.
Today's interview recorded on July 29th is with Mark Pesce, author and futurist of the nextbillionseconds.com. In it, we explore what a universal currency API might enable in new urban environments with 5 Billion smart phones.
You can learn more at www.markpesce.com and follow him on twitter at @mpesce.
Note: In the podcast, Mark mentions Chipotle is owned by McDonalds. According to the Chipotle site, "McDonalds once invested in Chipotle but divested in 2006. Chipotle went public the same year."
Today's interview recorded on May 1, 2014 is with Epiphany Jordan from Karuna Sessions is about Money and Relationships. In it, we discuss how having more money doesn’t necessarily make you feel more financially stable and why more women want a different kind relationship as they increase their economic power.