Debate: The World Will Be a Better Place in 5, 50 and 500 years
History & Social Policy
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1h 11m
In the very first event in The Futureverse series, in partnership with Y TREE, we were joined by Sir Antony Gormley, futurist and entrepreneur Mo Gawdat and climate activist Clover Hogan to debate the motion: the world will be a better place in 5, 50, 500 years. We explored the future of art and its role in the public space, how tech and artificial intelligence will evolve, and the way these topics affect happiness and creativity. Can we make the world a better place? And how are we going to tackle the biggest issue of our time: climate change?
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