11. Building Crystal Ball of the World, Unseating Capitalism and Creating a New World Order | Prof Dirk Helbing
Summary: <br> Prof. Dirk Helbing (<a href="https://twitter.com/DirkHelbing">@dirkhelbing</a>) is Chair of Sociology, in particular of Modeling and Simulation, in ETH Zurich, and the Scientific Coordinator of the <a href="https://futurict.inn.ac/">FuturICT Flagship Proposal</a>. He is also the Principal Investigator on FutureICT Knowledge Accelerator and Crisis Relief System, a big data computing system, conceived as sort of a crystal ball of the world.<br> The core of the system is the Living Earth Simulator, a computing machine attempting “to model global-scale systems — economies, governments, cultural trends, epidemics, agriculture, technological developments, and more — using torrential data streams, sophisticated algorithms, and as much hardware as it takes”. The project currently competing for funding from the European Commission of € 1 billion.<br> He is known for the social force model, in particular its application to self-organising phenomena in pedestrian crowds. Besides the slower-is-faster effect, he introduced the freezing-by-heating effect and the phase diagram of congested traffic states. Helbing also proposed a microscopic foundation of evolutionary game theory and has studied self-organized behavioral conventions. Recent work applies principles of collective intelligence and self-organized control to the optimization of urban and freeway traffic. His current research activities focus on norms and conflict, the role of success-driven motion for the establishment of cooperation among selfish individuals, the science of science, socio-inspired technology and techno-social systems, disaster spreading and crisis management.<br> <br> <br> <a href="https://fringe.fm/itunestextlink">You can listen right here on iTunes</a><br> In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:<br> <br> * How science fiction impacts our worldview<br> * The problem with today’s economic model and what we need to fix to find success<br> * Why blockchain is incredibly interesting and has potential to transform society<br> * How artificial intelligence and human creativity can co-exist and thrive<br> * Why we need better governance and incentive systems to sustainably survive the coming years<br> * The problem with connectivity and monitoring<br> * Why Dirk’s team is focused on building a universal human brain<br> * The pros and cons of capitalism, socialism and something else entirely<br> * How regulations help and hinder progress<br> * What a new world order could look like and how to get there<br> * The impact of IoT and sensing on striving for a better future<br> <br> <a href="http://fringe.fm/itunes"></a><br> <a href="http://fringe.fm/stitcher"></a><br> —<br> Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support FringeFM<br> <br> FringeFM is supported by the generosity of its readers and listeners. If you find our work valuable, please consider supporting us on <a href="http://fringe.fm/donate">Patreon,</a> via <a href="https://fringe.fm/paypal">Paypal</a> or with <a href="https://fringe.fm/donorbox">DonorBox powered by Stripe</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br>
