Nikolas Badminton

This week we interview Futurist and Keynote Speaker, Nikolas Badminton. To find out more about this episode take a look at the shownotes by clicking the episode title.

Written by Alexandra Moxin

“The exponential growth of humanity is happening today. And, we have the power to define that through love and wisdom.” – Nikolas Badminton, Futurist

Nikolas Badminton is a researcher and futurist speaker who splits his time between Canada (Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal), USA, UK, and provides insights into how people, communities, cities, businesses, and countries are changing with exponential technology.

He studied Applied Psychology and Computing in the U.K. and specialised in artificial intelligence and linguistics along with social network theory and human-computer interaction. For over 20 years he’s been hacking his way through tech jobs in big data, analytics, advertising, and the sharing economy.

He recently interviewed Edward Snowden at the University of Waterloo, spoke to 1500 leaders at the Premier’s Forum for Natural Resources in Prince George and you can see him at these upcoming events: Canada Futurists in Vancouver and Toronto, Our Futures Conference at Quest University in Squamish, and the 18th Annual Privacy & Security Conference leading a panel about Mixed Reality with innovators in that field.

You can see some of Nik’s featured work and speaking engagements at Nikolas Badminton.com and be sure to check him out at Exponential Minds which is a content and event network and a worldwide superinfluencers network and the Futurists Speakers Agency.

Welcome to the future!

Nik’s background and how he became a futurist
Augmented reality and mixed reality
Disruption across industries
Mesh networks, blockchain and distributed data
Medjacking and the security of tech implants
Lifi (100x faster than wifi, uses light to transfer data)
Psychedelic Cultural Reality
Centralization vs. Decentralization (industry, data, news, fake news)
The religion of modern software and control of the media
Snapchat, Facebook live, YouTube live
Trusted networks
Open source software vs. licencing and patents
Open information
Amazon Go
Future trends (20 - 30 years out), AI and exponential technology
What it means to be a human in the modern world, transhumanists
Universal basic income
The future of factories, agriculture and driving
Circular economy and renewable energy

Hope you enjoy our interview with Nik!

Stay tuned for news, announcements and our next interview!

Nikolas Badminton’s Website
Futurist Speakers Agency