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Cisco Futurist Annie Hardy expands on the future of human-machine interaction in Part 3 of her Unpopular Opinions series. In this installment, find out why decentralization may not be as decentralized as many might hope for.

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Cisco Futurist Annie Hardy expands on the future of human-machine interaction in Part 2 of her Unpopular Opinions series, explaining her vision of what the Metaverse (or Metaverses) will look like, why many aren't buying into the full adoption of Web3, and more.

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Cisco Futurist Annie Hardy lays the foundation for understanding the terms, trends, and buzz behind the Metaverse and Web3 in the first blog in her series on the future of human-machine interaction.

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Glen Hiemstra, CEO of Futurist.com, shares his perspective on why the world needs the Internet of Everything. See the latest “My #InternetOfEverything Perspectives” blogs from Tom Touchet of City24/7 and Dave Barnes, CIO of UPS. The role of a futurist was a little different in the pre-Internet world. During the 1980s, I had the chance […]

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Earlier this week, Cisco’s Chief Futurist Dave Evans and I took questions from you, our partners and customers, about our views and predictions for the future of IT Education. The discussion covered a broad variety of fascinating topics, ranging from the impact of wearable technologies in the classroom, to how we can overcome skills gaps […]

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Technology has had a dramatic impact on education over the past few years, with tablets, digital chalkboards and new collaboration technologies changing the way students learn and professionals advance their careers. The Internet of Everything (IoE) is becoming a major accelerator for innovation across all industries. The idea of an increasingly digital world where mobility […]

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Preparing for tomorrow’s panel at Fast Company’s Innovation Uncensored event in New York has been an interesting process. That’s because I’ve been asked to describe how I predict the future rather than what the future will look like. This topic caused me to focus my attention inward, rather than looking outward as I usually do. […]