Sundar Pichai, the Millionaire Who Grew Up Poor
Do you know the name of Google's boss? And if you happen to have heard it, do you know his story? Sundar Pichai was born in India exactly 50 years ago, grew up far from luxury and first got access to a computer only after leaving to study in the United States, then boldly climbed the ladder to the top of one of today's biggest companies while staying out of the spotlight his peers enjoy. What else is worth knowing about him?
02What If One Day We Defeat Death?
Do you think machines and artificial intelligence could make us… immortal? What price might we end up paying? What awaits us afterward? Where is the line between the possible, even the near future, and fantasy? Each of you has your own answers. And yet there are plenty of projects and ideas on the subject that give us reason to think about it more seriously.
03The Internet Connects Us, the Internet Divides Us
Conceived and built as the apotheosis of the free human spirit, the internet is turning into a veritable factory of inequality—by many different measures and in completely unexpected directions. Some rifts are quietly becoming chasms capable of causing enormous problems for all of humanity. Is it too late to “turn” the machine around?
