The Innovation Explosion: Replicating a Special Century?

Technology Revolution: The Future of Now

Bonnie D Graham

News, Business News, Technology

4.9 • 112 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2016

⏱️ 57 minutes

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The buzz: “Impossible is not a fact. It is an opinion” (Muhammad Ali).A unique clustering of inventions in the century after the U.S. Civil War improved the American and European standard of living – human well-being – more than any period before or after, with advances in everything from food and energy to health and work. Can our current innovation explosion have a similar impact despite unintended consequences? Three futurists speak. Frank Diana, TCS: “I cannot discover that anyone knows enough about anything on this earth definitely to say what is and what is not possible” (Henry Ford). Gerd Leonhard, Futurist: “In dealing with the future, it is far more important to be imaginative than to be right” (Alvin Toffler, Future Shock). Timo Elliott, SAP: “The real problem of humanity is that we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology. And it is terrifically dangerous” (E. O. Wilson). Join us for The Innovation Explosion: Replicating a Special Century?

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0:46.4	This is Coffee Break with Game Changers, presented by SAP.
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0:53.0	Your host and moderator is Bonnie D. Graham.
0:55.4	You'll hear from the innovators who have learned to use game-changing technologies to shake up the status quo and help move today's businesses in new directions.
1:03.2	Now, here's Bonnie D. Graham.
1:05.5	Welcome, welcome, welcome.
1:07.1	And if you want to run with the game changers, oh, I know you're in the right place.
1:10.7	You know you're in the right place. It's always true. So let's start off with a quote. I found a quote for today's topic. I'm going to tease you a little bit from the renowned fighter who left us earlier this year, Muhammad Ali, born Cassius, Marcellus Clay Jr. in 1942. He quoted, quoting him among many things he said that are very memorable.
1:31.4	Impossible is not a fact. It is an opinion. Let me just let that sit there for a second. Let's talk about what's been happening in the world.
1:39.1	A unique clustering of inventions in the century after the U.S. Civil War. Those of you around the world,
1:45.0	not familiar, look it up U.S. Civil War. That's our reference point today. It greatly improved
1:50.3	the American standard of living and the European standard of living. We're going to talk to that
1:55.3	in reference of human well-being, you and me and our ancestors and our future progeny, more than any period before or after.
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