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Thanks for dropping by. My name is Guy Clapperton. I’ve been a tech journalist for 30 years and I love to interview experts on what's coming up.

I’ve called this podcast and the presentations I do with it “The Near-Futurist”. Click on "About" to find out more about my speaking; meanwhile the podcast episodes are below and there's a new one every month.

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3. How human can we be?

Oct 30, 2018

Near-Futurist Guy Clapperton talks to cognitive neuroscientist and business psychologist Dr. Lynda Shaw in this new podcast dedicated to looking at shorter term predictions for the future.

If machines are doing things so well, how do we compete - or should we? Dr. Shaw has a few ideas on what makes us unique...

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2. Your skill set and your technology

Oct 30, 2018

Dr. Nicola Millard of BT, in conversation with Near-Futurist Guy Clapperton, discusses chatbots and how they are taking menial tasks away, expanding working lives and the impact of artificial intelligence and human augmentation on the workplace.

Nicola Millard has been forecasting trends for BT since the 1990s.

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1. Payments of the future

Oct 25, 2018

Guy Clapperton talks to Adrian Cannon of Witstock about why the way we pay for things needs fixing, what's happening about it and what businesses and individuals need to do to be ready.

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