David Kirkpatrick
@DavidKirkpatric
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Writing and convening conversation about tech, climate and progress. A decade after writing a neutral reported history of Facebook, disgusted.
New York
Joined February 2008
The Fusion News is Better Than You Think https://t.co/DG9jGE5ht1
#fusion #cleanenergy #GlobalWarming #EnergyTransition
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The news about fusion nuclear power is even better than many of the reports this week suggested. Yes a government lab made a major and historic breakthrough. But the best is yet to come–from startups.
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Railroad companies are holding the American economy hostage over 56 annual hours of sick leave. Here's what's up:
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It's critical the US and EU work together immediately to strengthen standards and principles for the deployment of AI. Right now it's the wild west. A meeting early next week could lead to progress.
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As EU and U.S. leaders meet in Washington at a joint Trade and Technology Council, there is great need for a proposed “transatlantic accord on artificial intelligence.” But the two sides have...
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As a longtime biz journalist I get a vertiginous feeling reading the simultaneous ongoing reporting about FTX and Twitter. That both unprecedented unravelings are happening at once suggests a precarious new landscape for business. Musk is the anti-manager. Bank man is insane.
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Markey’s point is unarguable. It is idiotic to call something “verified” when it is not. This could only breed confusion and discord.
Keeping track of the chaos agent behind this platform, he and his loyalists are now making bizarre attacks on a senior Senator with oversight role. None of these swipes make much sense at all if you know much at all about the Senator either. 1/2 ht @zamaan_qureshi
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Techonomy 2022 Launches "Innovation Must Save the World" Conference https://t.co/DRE9oWT4aQ . As the document says "Techonomy is a movement of optimism and hope." We need both, hard as it is these days.
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/PRNewswire/ -- Techonomy 22: Innovation Must Save the World, a three-day conference for leaders of tech, business, and academia, returns in-person from a...
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Examples: Philippines, Hungary, Turkey, Brazil, Vietnam, India of course, and many others.
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Tragedy of Wire/Meta imbroglio: it undermines an otherwise-unimpeachable critique of Facebook/Meta. The co does favor, excuse, and empower autocrats in numerous countries, since regulation and govt pushback impedes growth. Thus I suspect a Meta employee or ally is behind the ruse
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What's behind Elon Musk's latest Twitter posts on Ukraine and Russia? He's "trying to get attention to distract himself" from Tesla's big stock drop, according to Techonomy's @DavidKirkpatric - with @emilychangtv and @edludlow
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It wasn't even close! The world sometimes shows good judgement. @doreeenbogdan @ITUBDTDirector now leads the ITU for at least 4 years. It's historic. https://t.co/kxEHuLeuCH
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A U.S. candidate decisively beat her Russian rival to become the next head of the main U.N. technology agency on Thursday in an election seen as a test of how many countries are still siding with...
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So pleased that @DoreenBogdan will bring her spectacular leadership to the UN's digital agency. I know the world will benefit. She is a dedicated and thoughtful civil servant and understands the complexities and challenges of a digital internet-centric world.
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Tomorrow's vote for ITU Secretary-General in Bucharest is historic. @DoreenBogdan is a thoughtful leader I have come to respect and admire for her commitment to connecting everyone on earth. Wired explains the stakes well.
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UN countries are preparing to pick a new head of the International Telecommunications Union. Who wins could shape the open web's future.
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Tomorrow Tues 9/20 NY all day: Health+Wealth of Our Planet-- an immersion into the urgent climate-responsibility transition that faces business. Will they /we rise to the challenge? In person but you can dial in, too. Link in first graph of this piece:
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The climate is telling us something’s wrong. Business is starting to hear the message. U.S. Steel, Ericsson, and other companies are changing, and finding new ways to work with environmentalists.
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Business MUST move on climate. Talk and squishy goals don't cut it. That's the theme of our NY conference Tuesday. Register at link, or DM me. A few speakers: the great pioneer @EILEENFISHERNY @rypan @JulesKortenhors @esturcken IBM's Christina Shim, etc.
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The Business of Fighting Climate Change Presented by Techonomy and Worth The health and economy of our planet is at a tipping point – today’s situation is profoundly unsustainable. For all our sakes,...
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The Business of Business is Climate - Techonomy
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The climate is telling us something’s wrong. Business is starting to hear the message. U.S. Steel, Ericsson, and other companies are changing, and finding new ways to work with environmentalists.
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In ten mins I moderate a great session on environmentalism and business with @esturcken of EDF and Michelle Lancaster of Microsoft. Register at link and come!
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Governments worldwide have punted in the face of overwhelming evidence of environmental decay, and now we are in trouble. More responsive these days, ironically, are companies, which face pressure...
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Why should environmentalists work with business? Come find out from EDF and Microsoft, as I moderate this webinar on Wed. 9/7 at 1ET. Register at link for free. DM with any questions. https://t.co/wqTP9aPeOP?
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Governments worldwide have punted in the face of overwhelming evidence of environmental decay, and now we are in trouble. More responsive these days, ironically, are companies, which face pressure...
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Climate investing update needed? IRA impact? I moderate 1ET today (thurs) virtual roundtable w @AvravanderZee & @DBaird13 Come!
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The world desperately needs better tech to reduce global warming emissions and assist with a green transition. And entrepreneurs are obliging–innovations from carbon capture technologies to better...
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