2021: Looking back

Technology Pill

This episode we look back at the predictions we made about 2021, What turned out to be true? What turned out better than we could have hoped? What turned out worse?

Links

Our predictions from 2021: pvcy.org/2021predictions

Clearview UK provisional fine: pvcy.org/clearUKfine

Clearview legal trouble in France: pvcy.org/clearFrance

Clearview investments: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/technology/clearview-ai-valuation.html

TRIPS waiver: https://www.devex.com/news/where-are-we-on-covid-19-after-a-year-of-trips-waiver-negotiations-101795

Travel podcast: pvcy.org/PITravel

Patent-free vaccine: https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/patent-free-coronavirus-vaccine-protein-subunit/

Mental health podcast: pvcy.org/podmentalhealth

David works for the Mental Health Foundation: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/

Google unionise: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/technology/google-employees-union.html

The 'Great Resignation': https://www.ft.com/content/857bdeba-b61b-4012-ab82-3c9eb19506df

PI has been working with two unions on our managed by bots campaign: pvcy.org/podbots

Complicated history of plagues and workers: https://www.economist.com/free-exchange/2013/10/21/plagued-by-dear-labour

Indian National Education Plan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Education_Policy_2020

Ugandan Election: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c9vyzlr1ek2t/uganda-election-2021

Crypto mining trouble: https://www.wired.com/story/kazakhstan-cryptocurrency-mining-unrest-energy/

US commitment to reduce methane: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59137828

Cop26 commitments: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/14/india-criticised-over-coal-at-cop26-but-real-villain-was-climate-injustice

Apple's valuation: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/1/6/visualising-apples-3-trillion-market-valuation

Facebook value drop: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/03/facebooks-232point6-billion-drop-in-value-sets-all-time-record.html

The Metaverse: https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-the-metaverse/

Predictions for 2022: pvcy.org/2022predictions