Blog Holley M. Murchison: the path to accurate and artful self-definitionBy Adam TinworthHow do you truly define yourself and what you do? Our on-stage host closed out NEXT18 with a workshop helping us do just that. How to deal with ubiquitous technology?By Adam TinworthA NEXT18 discussion between Amber Case, Pamela Pavliscak and Monique van Dusseldorp on the emotional and social impact of having our connected technology always with us. Indy Johar: we’re asking the wrong questions. Here are some better ones.By Adam TinworthOver the last two days, we asked some very good questions. Indy Johar concluded the main stage sessions with some really hard — but critical — ones. John Watton: using AI to humanise customer experienceBy Adam TinworthCustomer experience is becoming the critical differenciator for business. Counter-intuitively, AI could be the route to humanise the experience at scale. Virginia Dignum: what ethical AI can do for usBy Adam TinworthArtificial intelligence is no longer a computer science problem alone. We need ethics expertise, legal expertise and more… A 30 year veteran of the field puts it in context for us. Imogen Heap: the diaries of a music and tech adventuristBy Adam TinworthWhat does Block chain have to do with music? Everything, if Imogen Heap has anything to do with it. It could build a new network of creativity… Joseph Lubin: where Blockchain takes us nextBy Adam TinworthThe Blockchain is widely seen as the next wave of online technology — but can it live up to the hype and, if so, when? Tobias Revell: Imagining Machines BetterBy Adam TinworthPerhaps one of the reasons technology has gone wrong is that our dreams of its future have got so small. Does art offer a way out of our failure of technological imagination? Amber Case: Designing calm technologyBy Adam TinworthOur technology demands out attention. We lack control over it. It stops us losing a sense of time. Amber Case tells the NEXT18 crowd how to reclaim calm technology. David Mattin: New technologies and the search for meaningBy Adam TinworthThe last wave of tech failed because it didn’t account for humanity. If we remember our higher order needs, says David Mattin, we’ll build better tech in future. Marc Mellone: a global study into mobility needs – and opportunitiesBy Adam TinworthThe future of mobility is about much more than autonomous cars. A Fjord research project delved deep into the specific mobility needs of varying people worldwide. Samuel West: #FailLikeAGerman – and other things we can learn from failureBy Adam TinworthThere's always more to learn about smart failures. The Museum of Failure founder makes a return visit to NEXT, to take about new and old failures, and even a German failure… Thomas Madsen-Mygdal: bootstrapping a new digital culture with the Copenhagen CatalogBy Adam TinworthA peculiarly California version of libertarianism has come to define the internet. It's time for a new, European vision to replace it. And the Copenhagen Catalog is a first step towards that. Pamela Pavliscak: A future with feelingBy Adam TinworthBeyond AI lies artificial emotions — but can we teach machines about emotions, if we don't really understand them ourselves. Pamela Pavliscak shows NEXT18 the way forwards. Openbook & Tykn: Startups applying a digital fixBy Adam TinworthTech isn't bad - we've just done bad things with it. Here are two start-ups aiming to sue technology to fix very real problems today. Eco Moliterno: Let digital fix the world, locallyBy Adam TinworthCan local solutions fix global problems - Eco Moliterno thinks so, and he gave five disparate examples to the attendees of NEXT18. Ayesha Khanna: Business reimagined with AIBy Adam TinworthAI can and will change the way we live and work - and we should prepare for that now. A liveblog of Ayesha Khanna at NEXT18. Marco Börries: Standing up against AmazonBy Adam TinworthAmazon has claimed the majority of the 20% of commerce that has gone online. Can we stop them getting the 80% - mainly local - that has yet to do so? A NEXT18 liveblog. Andrew Keen: How to fix the futureBy Adam TinworthAndrew Keen has a fix for digital's problems - and it starts 500 years ago. A liveblog of his talk at NEXT18. Follow the NEXT18 LiveblogBy Adam TinworthThe NEXT18 liveblog will be available here on the blog starting Thursday, September 21. Ten insiders’ tips for your stay in HamburgBy Martin ReckeIt's NEXT week, and this means a lot of people flocking to Hamburg, some of them for the first time ever. An anonymous insider from our team shares ten of their tips. Startups @Reeperbahn Pitch!By Mathias JägerIn Hamburg the day before our conference? NEXT badge holders may join the [email protected] Pitch on September 19 Life Offscreen – three NEXT thinkers lay out the path forwardsBy Adam TinworthThere’s something utterly delicious to me about a print magazine about digital (that’s why I’m so delighted we’re doing a book). It’s a great way of taking time away from screens while still connecting with the the industry we love - and more importantly, the people within it. Regulation is messy, takes time, and has unintended consequencesBy Martin ReckeWe no longer live in a world where Google and Facebook are tiny upstarts that shouldn't be stifled by tough regulation. 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