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Grateful for any comments on this short paper which can be viewed at http://www.probably42.net/documents/2/45/meritocratic-capitalism. Meritocratic Capitalism is about rewarding organisational merit for the benefit of society. We believe Meritocratic Capitalism (MC), when applied to organisations,... -
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At the end of 2017 we provided input to the House of Lords select committee on Artificial Intelligence. You can see what we had to say at http://www.probably42.net/documents/1/15/submission-to-the-lords-select-committee-on-artificial-intelligence
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Rather than publish Ideas as Ideas blogs, we have published them for the moment under the Proposals section as a series of Ideas documents. You can see the wide range of these by browsing the Proposals section. If you want to publish your own Idea you can do it either as an Ideas blog here or as an...
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Measuring Individual and National Wellbeing
In our 'Considered Document' on Measuring Individual and National Wellbeing we propose that there should be a small number of top-level measures which receive national prominence alongside GDP on an annual basis. We put forward 7 composite measures of individual Wellbeing ad 7 composite measures of National Wellbeing.
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Updated Manifesto of Ideas
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This is one of our series of 'Considered Documents'. It is a follow on and underpins the document Artificial Intelligence - Managing the Future. It is recognised that there will, over time, be widespread replacement of existing jobs by AI. Some beli...- Jan 14
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Keith Hill → Bobson Mansaray: Hello Bobson, a belated welcome to Probably 42. We hope you enjoy being a member. As you probably know you can be take part as much or as little as you choose. You will receive a Newsletter every month keeping you informed of our activities, discussion... more - Keith Hill → David Reilly: Hello David, a belated welcome to Probably42. Your interests are very much in line with a key part of P42's philosophy. I would like to invite you to join the Zero Gravity Group that I lead, it is principally for people outside the Reading area where P42... more
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David Sinclair → David Reilly: Hi David. Welcome to P42. I'm that you'll enjoy your time with us and that you'll find it stimulating. I certainly do, so I hope you experience the same. - Tony Clack → David Reilly: Hi David, I've just posted our 'Considered Document' on AI. It's viewable under the Ideas tab and you'll see it's top of the list. Hope you find time to take a look. Tony
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