Among the generation that grew up with 2 world wars. there were a lot of intellectuals who asked? can we design economics and other human or tech relationship systems to deliver better futures for our children? Ethically in the Queens-English they matched the logics of Scottish and Entrepreneurial scholars of Adam Smith and the readership of James Wilson's The Economist and from 1930 Cambrudge's Keynes
One of these was Geoffrey Crowther- perhaps the most unknown economist of the era before V Neumann et al gifted us digital futures - Crowther anonymously edited The Economist for nearly 25 years either side of ww2 as weekly journal- he also edited the centenary autobiography 1943-1843 - had the Economist entrepreneurially helped queen victoria vision beyond slavemaking empire towards commonwealth world trade
He also published practical books on economics and did 2 extraordinary things in the 1950s-
books that Geoffrey Crowther published:
- Economic Forecasting: An Introduction (1937)
- The Economic Ideal (1939)
- The Great Depression: How It Came, What It Did, and What It Left Behind (1939)
- The Rise of the American Economic System (1941)
- The Years of Recovery: British Economic Policy, 1945-51 (1952)
- The Economic Revolution in Britain (1955)
- Economic Forecasting in Western Europe (1960)
- The Art of Decision (1961)
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Crowther also had academic partnerships with a number of institutions, including:
- Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, where he gave a lecture in 1958 that was later published as the book The Economic Revolution in Britain.
- The London School of Economics, where he was a visiting professor in 1960.
- The University of Oxford, where he was a member of the Oxford University Institute of Economics and Statistics.
First.he sent a rookie journalist who survived being teen navigator allied bomber command Burma, to be trained by von neumann in Princeton-NY through year of 1951 how could digital tech practitioners take over from what theoretical academic economists had failed to do. The Economist agreed to apply the scoop - what goods can peoples unite wherever they het access to at least 100 times more tech per decade - eg over a billion times 2015-1955
Second, Crowther gave lectures at Claremont (on US west coast that was quite unusual for a Londoner in those days before mass aviation) which became an unique college of journalism under drucker (by some sort of forest-gump coincidence coincidence my dad was aged 11 when he met drucker then a rookie journalist having tea in british embassy in moscow 1934) - while drucker's books vary from 1956 practice of management to a future curiosity series starting with 1967 Age of Discontuuity - the start of counting down post-industrial ages whether or not you agree with world economic forums current count of 4th Industrial Revolution hubbed out of geneva san francisco beijing tokyo and somewhere in india
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in this wide ranging debate with bard we look at whether eg crowther or drucker would see their intelligences in human AI today- this is recommended reading allied to tour alpha!- what did JFKennedy, the NET (Neumann Einstein - Turing) & Crowther connect across the game we call Architect Intelligence
Q currently where are world economic forums main hubs on industrial revolution 4?
ReplyDeleteBard: The World Economic Forum's main hubs on the Fourth Industrial Revolution are located in the following cities:
Geneva, Switzerland: The World Economic Forum's headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland. The Forum has a number of research and innovation centers in Geneva, including the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
San Francisco, The office focuses on the development of new technologies and their impact on society.n developing countries.
Tokyo, Japan: T focuses on the development of new technologies and their impact on society in Asia.
Cape Town, focuses on the development of new technologies and their impact on society in Africa.
The World Economic Forum's work on the Fourth Industrial Revolution is focused on three main areas:
Understanding the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on society: The World Economic Forum is conducting research on the potential impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on different aspects of society, such as the economy, the environment, and employment.
Developing new technologies that can benefit society: The World Economic Forum is working with governments, businesses, and universities to develop new technologies that can benefit society. These technologies include artificial intelligence, blockchain, and quantum computing.
Helping countries to prepare for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: The World Economic Forum is working with countries to help them prepare for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This includes helping countries to develop policies and regulations that will support the development and use of new technologies.
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QHas World economic forum closed its beijing IR4 hub that used to be one of the first? A: Yes, while The hub was opened in 2015 as part of the WEF's efforts to promote collaboration between China and the rest of the world on the development of new technologies, it was closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The closure of the Beijing hub has been criticized by some who believe that it is a sign of the WEF's declining influence in China. However, the WEF has said that the closure is temporary and that it plans to reopen the hub in the future.Critics argue that the WEF is not a neutral organization and that it promotes the interests of its corporate and government partners. However, the WEF has defended its work, arguing that it is a valuable forum for bringing together different stakeholders to discuss and debate the challenges and opportunities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.