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BREXIT
All About Brexit
Now that the Olympics in Rio “Change always gives you the Populist politicians will have a hard
have finished and the summer opportunity to rethink your potential. time when they get elected since
is drawing to a close, the While not many people get an problems like extreme ideologies and
focus is naturally turning back to opportunity to “reset” their life, Brexit fierce competition among workers
Brexit and what challenges and has now opened the door for a whole doesn’t care about borders in a
opportunities may face not only society to break away from paper network society. Nor do opportunities
those in the UK, but around the basket bureaucracy and C-suites and that come with globalization and
globe, from an economic, political politicians who are managing the digitalization, so stay away from
and social perspective. world with a limited understanding and negativism and focus on what’s really
thereby underutilizing the potential going on. Software will disrupt most
We include comments here from just of digital technology in almost every traditional industries in the next
a few of the individuals who have area. The UK now holds the key to 10 years and with that most of
insight into the world post-Brexit. alter the perception of society, and today’s jobs will disappear. This is
Nouriel Roubini is a professor at design the technology to redefine creating social problems and stress
NYU’s Stern School of Business life. From digital citizenship to digital but it is actually great news for the
and Chairman of Roubini Macro currency, from new economic models future. We need disruptive change to
Associates. He has worked for the to the digital augmentation of every battle serious problems like climate
IMF, the US Federal Reserve and aspect of life, the UK can now build change, sustainable energy and
the World Bank. Here is the latest new infrastructure that is anchored in economic inequality and I can assure
article he has penned. the future.” you we will have it. As a futurist I
travel the world and meet with leaders
Aric Dromi is the chief Stefan Hyttfors is an acclaimed from all industries to learn about
futurologist at Volvo Group and futurist who focuses on new technologies and behavioral
digital philosopher, covering disruptive technologies, changes.” n
trend activity across areas such behavioural change and next
as science and technology and generation leadership.
environmental issues.
“Brexit might look very negative when
you think about the next quarter but
not necessarily if you try the next
quarter century-perspective.
Nationalism, borders and walls are
on the rise among voters but that
doesn't change the fact; we already
live in a borderless virtual reality
where just about anything can be done
in cyberspace with a mobile phone,
and this is just the beginning of the
beginning.
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