The futurologist is the founder of the Future Today Institute in New York and a professor at the NYU Stern School of Business. In February she published her book “The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology”.
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Dusseldorf When Amy Webb talks about the future, she’s sure to have a large audience – at conferences like the South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, in podcasts or at television appearances. The founder of the Future Today Institute not only advises companies, but also publishes the highly regarded “Tech Trends Report” every year, for which she uses scientific methods to create scenarios for technological developments.
The futurologist discussed the trends that will determine the new year with Handelsblatt editor-in-chief Sebastian Matthes. She explains how the pandemic will permanently change the world, why the combination of biotech and artificial intelligence (AI) will revolutionize people’s lives and which technologies will move the economy in 2022. Their verdict: “The corona pandemic has plunged companies into digital transformation. A new world is emerging from this chaos, ”she says. These are your five theses for 2022:
1. Synthetic biology is revolutionizing the treatment of serious diseases
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