Meganets and Megatrends

About this episode

David Auerbach discusses the impact of meganets on our realities, followed by Marian Salzman mapping emerging megatrends.

David Auerbach kicks things off by explaining how massive digital systems he calls "meganets" have grown beyond anyone's control, reshaping our realities in ways we barely understand. Then trend analyst Marian Salzman zooms out to map the megatrends — from work to identity — that are emerging from all this disruption. Sponsored By: Notion — Try Custom Agents now at ⁠notion.com/daily

People in this episode

Host: David Auerbach

Guest: Marian Salzman

Topics covered

• digital systems
• meganets
• megatrends
• disruption
• identity
• work

Keywords

• meganets
• megatrends
• digital systems
• disruption
• identity
• work
• society

Sponsors

Notion

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