In their outstanding book, Wicked and Wise, Alan Watkins and Ken Wilber look at some of the most pressing ‘wicked problems’ facing the human...
The human will to innovate is seemingly relentless. The history of our species is one of continual development, with the last 350 years, in...
In 1967, Lynn Margulis, a young biologist, published a paper that challenged more than a hundred years of evolutionary theory. It proposed that millions...
The timeline of human history is marked by inflection points of major technological advancement. The plow, the printing press, the telegraph, the steam engine,...
In my previous post I argued that if Canada wants to succeed with its AI-focused innovation agenda, it should also be at the forefront...
Not even 30 years separate us from the end of the Cold War. Yet, we appear to be witnessing the emergence of a new...
More than half of the world’s population lives in cities. The UN estimates that by 2050 that proportion will be 68% - more than...
Since the dawn of the 21st Century, the ways in which people and organizations that use the Internet experience, perceive and act in the...
From The Jetsons to Blade Runner, to Back to the Future, to A.I. to The 5th Element, popular culture has long been fascinated by...
Getting smart about security in smart systems
Smart used to be something we called people or pets. It wasn't a term one would use to...
Canada’s rankings in innovation has lagged that of other peer nations for decades despite government efforts to address this issue. Considering its success in...
Targeted cyberattacks against critical infrastructure (CI) are increasing on a global scale. Critical systems are rapidly being connected to the internet, affording attackers opportunities...
If you’ve read the many predictions about the future of AI, you’ve likely found them to be wildly different. They range from AI spelling...
A growing number of today’s entertainment options show protagonists battling cyber-attacks that target the systems at the heart of our critical infrastructure whose failure...
How important privacy is for building smart cities and embracing the IoT
In the 60s cartoon The Jetsons, the family lived in a futuristic city...