I miss the silly season. It used to be the case that summer was the time when the news took a snooze. You could get through a dozen books in a month because the whole world hopped in a hammock. Everyone took a few weeks off. But I will remember this year for a bumper crop of huge headlines.
If you blinked and you missed it as the unrelenting news cycle reported endlessly on a range of hot topics, these are two stories that will continue to play out. Their significance should not be underestimated.
Both stories centre around technologies that are characterised by novelty, potential for disruption and transformative capabilities. They therefore sit neatly in the realm of emerging technologies.
They also raise serious questions about how we as a society are going to address emerging technologies in critical areas such as communications, space and finance, as well as the global risks associated with failing to think through the implications and consequences, which are
