{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Stephen Braunius","home_page_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","feed_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","description":"<p>Seek | Do | Share</p><p>I have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. This is where I share what I’m learning.</p>","icon":"/media/production/images/item-03dca25ffbbc24c77ac4bc2c4d97c965.png","favicon":"/media/production/images/item-03dca25ffbbc24c77ac4bc2c4d97c965.png","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius"}],"language":"en-us","items":[{"id":"VMKJmULaIX9","title":"TedXMac 2017: Dean Whittaker, Jason Sosa: Back FROM the Future","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/tedxmac-2017-dean-whittaker-jason-sosa-back-from-the-future/","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius"}],"content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://stephen.braunius.org/media/production/images/item-0e4fd54afa762c7aa23518b2c26d0d61.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://stephen.braunius.org/media/production/images/item-0e4fd54afa762c7aa23518b2c26d0d61.jpg\"/></a><br/>\n Dean Whittaker, Jason Sosa: Back FROM the Future</p>\n<ul>\n<li>most of us do not think past 5 years</li>\n<li>50% of US jobs at risk because of automation (robots and artificial intelligence)</li>\n<li>changes to the baby boomers: globalization, demographics, technology</li>\n<li>technology = revolution</li>\n<li>we can’t adapt fast enough so we must learn to anticipate change</li>\n<li>human adaptability is not matching the rate of change in technology</li>\n<li>change is revolutionary vs. change is evolutionary</li>\n<li>the ‘gig economy’ working on multiple projects and with diverse teams around the world</li>\n<li>this time is different - automation will replace workers (self service and augmented reality)</li>\n<li>reality itself will change</li>\n<li>the entire work force will need to be retrained</li>\n<li>“robe advice” “robe doctors”</li>\n<li>machines will be able to outperform humans at almost all tasks</li>\n<li>be continuous learners and retrain self</li>\n<li>abundance for some and hardships for others</li>\n<li>communities will lose financial resources</li>\n<li>“we need radical mindsets for this radical time”</li>\n<li>technology might displace us from our jobs</li>\n<li>“Gig economy” value freedom and flexibility and can do work from anywhere</li>\n<li>Hope and preferred future - rapidly deploy new skills</li>\n<li>acquire wealth through skills</li>\n<li>Wisdom from the past, leadership of the present, and vision for the future</li>\n<li>value diversity</li>\n<li>own the robots</li>\n<li>there is a human advantage</li>\n<li>“as a community, will we choose to embrace change” - develop a learning center to re-skill our work force 24×7</li>\n<li>connectivity is a key</li>\n<li>implement model community initiative</li>\n<li>be daring to try new ways of working and networking</li>\n<li>accept failure as learning</li>\n<li>“our future is determined by the choices we make today”</li>\n<li>create the preferred future that is meant for us since we know with 80% certainty where it is headed</li>\n</ul><p><em>Categories: Learning · Tags: tedxmac2017 · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org</em></p>","content_text":"Dean Whittaker, Jason Sosa: Back FROM the Future\n\nmost of us do not think past 5 years\n\n50% of US jobs at risk because of automation (robots and artificial intelligence)\n\nchanges to the baby boomers: globalization, demographics, technology\n\ntechnology = revolution\n\nwe can’t adapt fast enough so we must learn to anticipate change\n\nhuman adaptability is not matching the rate of change in technology\n\nchange is revolutionary vs. change is evolutionary\n\nthe ‘gig economy’ working on multiple projects and with diverse teams around the world\n\nthis time is different - automation will replace workers (self service and augmented reality)\n\nreality itself will change\n\nthe entire work force will need to be retrained\n\n“robe advice” “robe doctors”\n\nmachines will be able to outperform humans at almost all tasks\n\nbe continuous learners and retrain self\n\nabundance for some and hardships for others\n\ncommunities will lose financial resources\n\n“we need radical mindsets for this radical time”\n\ntechnology might displace us from our jobs\n\n“Gig economy” value freedom and flexibility and can do work from anywhere\n\nHope and preferred future - rapidly deploy new skills\n\nacquire wealth through skills\n\nWisdom from the past, leadership of the present, and vision for the future\n\nvalue diversity\n\nown the robots\n\nthere is a human advantage\n\n“as a community, will we choose to embrace change” - develop a learning center to re-skill our work force 24×7\n\nconnectivity is a key\n\nimplement model community initiative\n\nbe daring to try new ways of working and networking\n\naccept failure as learning\n\n“our future is determined by the choices we make today”\n\ncreate the preferred future that is meant for us since we know with 80% certainty where it is headed\n\nCategories: Learning · Tags: tedxmac2017 · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org","image":"/media/production/images/item-0e4fd54afa762c7aa23518b2c26d0d61.jpg","date_published":"2017-03-21T16:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-10-28T20:33:21.716Z","_microfeed":{"slug":"tedxmac-2017-dean-whittaker-jason-sosa-back-from-the-future","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"web_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/tedxmac-2017-dean-whittaker-jason-sosa-back-from-the-future/","json_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/VMKJmULaIX9/json/","rss_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/VMKJmULaIX9/rss/","guid":"http://stephen.braunius.org/tedxmac-2017-dean-whittaker-jason-sosa-back-from-the-future/","status":"published","date_published_short":"Tue Mar 21 2017","date_published_ms":1490112000000}}],"_microfeed":{"publisher":{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org"},"authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"microfeed_version":"1.0.13","base_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","categories":[],"subscribe_methods":[{"name":"RSS","type":"rss","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/rss/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/rss.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"3ruTYsoZVaf"},{"name":"JSON","type":"json","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/json.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"5nhVQKje4_K"}],"description_text":"Seek | Do | Share\nI have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. This is where I share what I’m learning.","copyright":"©2007–2026 Stephen Braunius","itunes:type":"episodic","items_sort":"published_at","items_order":"desc"}}