Michael Casey delivering a keynote address

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We are about to decide whether AI liberates humanity or enslaves it.

Michael Casey brings this argument to stages worldwide — with two decades of economic journalism, six acclaimed books, and a front-row seat at the birth of the AI age — and leaves audiences convinced that the optimists have the stronger hand.

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Wall Street JournalMIT Media LabCoinDesk ConsensusPenguin Random HouseRWA SummitAdvanced AI Society
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Michael Casey at TEDx Lausanne
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Meet Michael

Three decades at the intersection of economics, technology, and human agency.

Former senior advisor at MIT's Digital Currency Initiative, lecturer at MIT Sloan School. Eighteen years at Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal across four continents. Author of six books on money, technology, and what it means to be human in the age of intelligent machines. Led one of the largest tech conferences in the world. Now founder of an innovative startup that's elevating events as a catalyst for human-to-human intelligence.

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“This is an inspiring and hopeful book — a roadmap to a digital future with humans at the center.
— Jonathan Haidt · NYU-Stern · Author of The Righteous Mind
Michael Casey speaking at Blockchain Summit
Michael Casey speaking at Soha Napa
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Where the argument has landed.

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CESMoney 20/20TEDxWORLD ECONOMIC FORUMSXSWMRC VEGASMIT TECH REVIEW'S EMTECHSingapore Fintech FestivalMONTREAL STARTUP FESTStanford UniversityGeorgetown UniversitySALTCOINDESK'S CONSENSUSReal World Asset SummitTALKS AT GOOGLE AIM SUMMITNEXT MONEY, HONG KONGSTRATA + HADOOP WORLDHARVARD BUSINESS REVIEWWSJ CIO NETWORK SUMMIT

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