Top weekend reads on Agenda: Luddites, art-tech, changing trade patterns, and more

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‘The (19th Century) Luddites weren’t protesting technology – they were protesting the decisions powerful people were making about technology that threatened to rob them of their careers, violate their rights, and cast them into poverty.’ Sound familiar?

Were the Luddites right? Why building digital trust is key to technological innovation

To understand what ‘digital trust’ could actually look like, read the report: Digital Trust: Supporting Individual Agency.

The story behind China’s rise to becoming the world’s biggest auto exporter - and what that teaches us about trade patterns. Spoiler alert: the patterns don’t follow straight lines as illustrated by Strategic Intelligence’s new trade-based maps series.

Mapping the rise of China’s autos and other global trade trends

And for more on the global economy and ‘expecting the unexpected’, hear from the IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva on this episode of Meet the Leader.

Women spend 25% more of their lives in debilitating health, yet in 2020, only 1% of healthcare research and innovation was invested in female-specific conditions beyond oncology. The gap is particularly persistent for four conditions: heart attack, endometriosis, autism and autoimmune conditions. This feature explains why, and what we can do about it.

4 conditions that highlight the women’s health gap

Read the full report to dive deeper: Closing the Women’s Health Gap: A $1 Trillion Opportunity to Improve Lives and Economies.

From digital trust to digital creativity, art and technology combine to issue a powerful message on climate change: ‘Reimagining what we know as real or as a solid ground pushes our opinions and understandings of nature to the limits.’

Blending art and technology: Digital creativity and environmental innovation

For more on transformational technology and what’s next for AI, hear from three AI pioneers in this episode of Radio Davos.