Unbox Your World

What happens if we don't just put humans, but all life on Earth, at the centre when we design businesses, products and services? For the past decades, we've designed our societies and products putting humans at the centre – so-called human-centered design. At what cost? Our planet, fuelled by the consumption of oil. The good news is that the tools to design businesses, services and product...

In today’s episode, we’re interviewing Muriel Leuenberger who is a postdoctoral researcher in philosophy at the Digital Society Initiative at the University of Zurich. She works on ethics of technology with a focus on generative AI and neuroethics. In those fields, she analyses the impact of different technologies on identity, authenticity and meaning in life. We dive into her latest research pape...

What if questions could replace our KPIs and companies could legally work like an organism? Companies are one of the most powerful technologies humans have ever invented. But they can no longer maximise profit at the cost of the planet, we need a new approach. This is why Amit Paul, previous member of A-teens and co-founder of Innrwrks, has invented a new legal business form that is inspired to fu...

Einstein once said: "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." Someone that understands this is John Bunzl, a businessman and a political activist from the UK. He’s the founder of Simpol , the International Simultaneous Policy Organisation, a new political innovation to overcome the obstacles that are today refraining governments to cooperate with ea...

New disruptions and technological advancements always lead to new ethical dilemmas and uncertainties. In the past year, we've seen an explosion of technological advancements, and hence, new ethical discussions have become a hot topic. Ben Wilberforce-Ritchie is an Ethics Manager and Philosopher who helps companies think better and make wiser decisions. During this episode, Ben guides us throug...

What if we let a plant rule the world?  It is, in fact, already possible.  In this episode, we discover Herbie, a plant that has been given autonomy through the power of AI to make its own decisions based on its own health. Herbie can decide to invest in things like replanting a forest or protecting wetlands.  Mark Bünger is the co-founder and CTO of Futurity Systems, who has built Herbie as part...

The word artificial in artificial intelligence, is the polar opposite of nature's natural intelligence. What if we could find some answers on how to navigate the AI disruption in nature itself? In today's solo episode, we'll dive into five ways to navigate the AI disruption, drawing inspiration from nature's intelligence itself. We'll discuss: AI from an Anti-Fragility Point of...

In today's episode, I'm stepping out of my comfort zone to share my own thoughts in a solo podcast format. In this debut episode, we'll explore AI through the lens of parenting. I wrote an article a few years ago about how we don't truly understand the potential of what we can become, until we've already become. The current AI boom is no different. In the recent AI safety discu...

Finding Answers to Human Challenges in Outer Space? In this episode, we go on a cosmic journey with the space entrepreneur Mattias Hansson, CEO and Founder of I.S.A.A.C International Space Asset Acceleration Company AB, who is passionate about finding answers to some of our most pressing earthly challenges through insights from the space industry. Join us as we dive into the intriguing world of sp...

In today's episode, we're interviewing the crypto-professional Ludvig Öberg, co-founder of Safello and the Swedish Bitcoin Association, currently developing an open-source blockchain at ChromaWay. In other words, he is a true blockchain expert. He has recently pioneered one of the first theses on management controls within so-called Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, which are members...

Two years ago, ⁠Devin Gonier,⁠ TEDx speaker and CTO at ⁠Wageup⁠ , joined the show to talk about how AI can be taught morality and ethics by replicating the way humans learn ethics as kids.  Devin has now founded a new company, ⁠DebaterHub⁠ , hoping to help secure AI safety through another process humans use to learn ethics: debate. He also has a Master’s degree in machine learning and a double maj...

Have you ever thought about how money is created in our new digital era?  If it is neither coins created from gold nor physical cash notes, what really happens when new digital money is created in our modern world?  Together with Brett Scott , who is an author, monetary anthropologist and former financial broker, we investigated this seemingly simple, but in reality very complex question...

In previous episodes, we’ve covered the topic of regenerative living. Whilst sustainability focuses on sustaining Mother Earth, regenerative living goes one step beyond that and focuses on restoring it. Across the globe enthusiasts and change-makers are building so-called Smart Villages, or eco-villages, based on these regenerative principles that restore our planet. OASA is a non-profit focusing...

What if there was a simple way to explain why people can have such different worldviews? What if there was a simple reason to understand why some countries care more about solving climate change than others? What if there was an easy way to understand polarization and create a win-win-win situation to unite people? _____ Spiral Dynamics offers a simple framework to understand human development and...

Hubville: Learnings from building a Smart Village with the Government Imagine living in a city where not only every single architectural detail is optimised to restore Mother Earth, but also city life itself is designed to enhance wellness and improve social sustainability. Anders Varger, the founder of Hubville , is building one of the world’s first self-sustaining city districts in Vetlanda in S...

What if companies would pay the true cost of their footprint, and anyone could get paid for planting trees and restoring the Earth? What if we redesigned the economic system so that the true gains and costs are fully represented in the financial return? What if we could transition into an impact economy? __ Alan Laubsch is an internationally recognized risk management thought-leader and impact inv...

What could modern tech executives, learn from the street dialogues of the ancient philosophers?  Quite a lot it turns out. Ancient wisdom doesn't grow old, in fact one could argue that the teachings are more relevant now than ever.  To learn more about the topic, we interview Ben Wilberforce-Ritchie who is a philosopher, author and an Ethics Manager* and a true ancient philosophy enthusiast. He wa...

Does ancient wisdom, especially found in Stoic Philosophy and Buddhism, have elements in common with modern psychology? Dr Debbie Joffe Ellis is a world-renowned expert on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), which is in fact the pioneering cognitive approach in the field of psychotherapy and the precursor of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT).* Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy focuses holist...

In today’s episode we interview Dr Brennan Jacoby, founder of Philosophy at Work , who holds a Ph. D in philosophy and is specialized in the philosophy of trust. Blockchain is argued to solve the human trust issue, or even scaling human trust. However is this really what blockchain is doing? What is the actual benefit of blockchain? And what is trust really, according to philosophy? You’ll learn:...

What if we could combine the best out of ancient direct democracy and modern delegative democracy? Where you can vote for representatives in regular elections but override their votes on any specific topic when you disagree with your representative? This is something that David Ernst, CEO of Secure Internet Voting , Liquid Democracy Technologies, and Secure ID, set out as a mission to build. By bu...

How can you unlock your hidden creative genius? Today's guest is Stephan Schwartz , who is a scientist, futurist, award-winning author, columnist for the journal EXPLORE, and editor of the daily web publication Schwartzreport.net. He is a Distinguished Consulting Faculty of Saybrook University,  and a BIAL Foundation Fellow who has spent 40 years as an experimentalist researching the nat...

What will journalism look like in the future?  In today's episode, together with Viktor Lidholt, the founder of Newsvoice who are on a mission to 'fix the news', we're discussing the future trends of journalism.  Journalism used to be a dedicated and trusted profession, however when anyone in the world can become a publisher, how can we trust anything we read online? Accelerated by filte...

Companies have mastered the art of design to grow their businesses, but how could you UX principles to design a better future?  Stephen Bau, a designer, writer and educator decided to, after 30 years in the design industry, retire to focus on projects that enhance not only humanity but all life forms.  In the episode, he shares his learnings from 30 years as a UX designer and how the des...

In today's episode, it's exciting to host one of the brain's behind Universal Basic Income; professor and author Guy Standing who is a founding member of Basic Income Earth Network .  Guy Standing has been working on the concept of Basic Income, a new political system for wealth distribution, for over 30 years. During the last years the concept of Basic Income has gained rapid traction and in...

Can technology help us build authentic and meaningful relationships? This is something that Nina Iordanova, an award-winning actor turned tech start-up founder, and Niloo Ravaei, an ex-film maker and blockchain professional, set out as their mission to build. Both Nina and Niloo were tired of endless swiping on the phone and realized the one area where technology has not helped to improve is our r...