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Nikola Danaylov

"the Larry King of the Singularity"
Singularity Media Inc
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Canada
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Toronto
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Bio

I'm a keynote speaker who helps event planners deliver eye-opening conferences about the dangers and opportunities of new technology so they can stand out with maximum attendance, engagement, and impact.

What I offer: Straight talk about our future, exponential technology, disruptive change and Artificial Intelligence

Who I am: Nikola Danaylov - Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker, Futurist, Vegan, and Philosopher

My Creds: My book “Conversations with the Future” is a #1 International Bestseller. My Singularity.FM is the most popular podcast in the niche and reason why I have been referred to as the “Larry King of the Singularity.”

My appearances: I have spoken at many public and private events on technology, Artificial Intelligence and the future of humanity. My Singularity.FM has had over 5 1/2 million views and has been featured on the BBC, Space, MTV, ArteTV, TV Japan, RTL4, WIRED, the Telegraph, io9, the Huffington Post, ZDNet, BoingBoing and many others.

My message: What if your car doesn’t need a driver anymore? What if we don’t need to age and die? What if machines get smarter than us? What if your toothbrush gets smarter than you? What happens to your business? What happens to you? Because no matter who you are or what you do, the future will always find you. Question is: Will you find the future?!...

Why book me: What if instead of fear of the future – you see opportunity, instead of an end – you see a beginning, instead of loss – you see profit, and instead of death – you see life? What if you and your organization get Future-primed? I have been interviewing the future for many years and motivating people all over the world to embrace rather than fear it. What if you start asking “What if?” before it’s too late?

Who will benefit: Those who would rather surf the tsunami of exponential technology and disruptive change rather than get drowned by it

Current position (3)

"the Larry King of the Singularity"

Singularity Media Inc

Founder

SingularityWeblog.COM

Founder & Host

Singularity.FM

Degrees (3)
Policy, Law and Ethics
Singularity University
2011
Political Science
York University
2006 to 2008
Philosophy, Political Science and Economics
University of Toronto
2000 to 2005

Presentations

Presentations (3)
The Future Will Find Us All But Will We Find the Future?

What happened to horses when we moved from natural to artificial power? What happens to humanity when we move from natural to artificial intelligence? What happens when your toothbrush is smarter than you? Where do you go? What do you do? What will happen to your business, to your country, to our civilization and to yourself? Are we going to become immortal, live in a utopian abundance and spread throughout the cosmos? Or will humanity fight a dystopian AI Giga-war, become enslaved and ultimately go extinct like the dinosaurs?

Technology is the “How”, not the “Why” or “What”

Synopsis: Technology is the new religion, Silicon Valley is the new chosen land and entrepreneurs are the new chosen people. They promise a future that is better than we think – a techno-heaven of abundance and, naturally, immortality. And we are all believers now. But are we the masters, or are we the tools of our tools? Are we exhibiting religious fetishism for technological objects? Are we creating personality-cults around techno-prophets? Are we falling for new techno-religions – such as dataism? Is power in the hands of those behind, or those in front of the screen?

Leaders Tell Uncomfortable Stories

Synopsis: What is leadership? Why stories are the most powerful weapon in a leader’s arsenal? Why good stories are uncomfortable? This provocative keynote will provide an unorthodox take on leadership as uncomfortable, unreasonable and politically incorrect. It aims to challenge aspiring leaders to think differently and make them ask themselves: What [uncomfortable] story do I want to tell?

Past talks (8)
The Future Belongs to Those Who Can Hear it Coming
Cochlear
Panama City, Panama
February 4, 2020
Leaders Tell Uncomfortable Stories
IDA Denmark
Copenhagen
June 6, 2019
NeoTechnocracy – The Future is Worse than You Think
Dark Futures
Toronto, Canada
November 28, 2019
Technology is the "How", not the "Why" or "What"
IDA Denmark
Copenhagen
June 5, 2019
Conversations with the Future: An Evening with Socrates
IDA: Danish Engineering Association
Copenhagen, Denmark
November 6, 2018
The Future of Healthcare: Towards a Singularity
Techno Montreal
Montreal, Canada
October 22, 2018
The future will always find us, but will we find the future?
Dell Leadership Seminar
Palo Alto, USA
October 15, 2018
ReInvent Yourself
IT Masters Forum
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
June 26, 2018
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Techno Montreal Future of Healthcare Conference Report [in French]
Nikola Danaylov Media Page

Books & Articles (12)

Conversations with the Future: 21 Visions for the 21st Century
Singularity Media, Inc,
2017
Technology is the How, not the Why or What
Technology is a Magnifying Mirror, Not a Crystal Ball
Technology is NOT Enough!
Magic, Manic and Monstrous: How Facebook is Programming Us
What if your toothbrush is smarter than you?
Why the politics of the future is technology and technology is the future of politics
A Transhumanist Manifesto [Redux]
The World is Transformed by Asking Questions
Hamlet’s Transhumanist Dilemma: Will Technology Replace Biology? [Redux]
On Singularity University and the Danger of Being Exponential
Why I Call Myself Socrates

Expertise (30)

Technology
Science
Social & Political
Leadership
Education
Artificial Intelligence Technology Futurism Ethics transhumanism Singularity Blogging Podcasting AI Tech Robotics human enhancement Technological Singularity Foresight and Futures Analysis foresight Technology Foresight Technocracy Life Extension cryonics Big Tech silicon valley vegan Veganism Futurist Philosopher

Clients

Dell
IDA - Danish Engineering Association
Techno Montreal
Cochlear

Reviews

Testimonials (6)
  • I first met Nikola in 2011 at Singularity University where he was one of 80 students chosen from around the world to join us in studying exponential technology on a full scholarship. Nikola had already started and hosted the first and most popular podcast on topics related to the Technological Singularity such as Artificial Intelligence, Genetics, Robotics, Synthetic Biology, and Nanotechnology. And he had already accumulated hundreds of interviews with the best experts from around the world. Recently I had the pleasure of watching Nikola deliver a keynote speech for the Ontario Medical Association where he literally blew the minds of 90 medical professionals, some of whom kept asking him questions so late into the evening that the cleaning crew had to ask us to leave. Nikola was impressively knowledgeable on a wide variety of related topics, professional in his delivery and authentic in his behavior. I don't hesitate to recommend him as a speaker to anyone or any organization interested in expanding their world-view as wide as possible to prepare for our world of exponential technology and disruptive change.
    Julielynn Wong, MD, MPH, FACPM
    Verified
  • We can’t say enough how pleased we were with Nikola as our keynote speaker! We really took a leap of faith in hiring him to speak at our Devolutions Central event since we’ve never heard a speech by him before, well it was a leap which will never regret! Nikola spent a whole day with us at the event prior to his speech and was able to get a real feel of what we needed and who our clients were, delivering a personalized presentation that was energized, articulate and left the audience truly feeling inspired. I strongly recommend Nikola if you need a great AI speaker, you won’t be disappointed!
    David Hervieux
    CEO
    Devolutions Inc.
    Verified
  • Nikola is a powerful storyteller who can transmit his views of the future in a way that touches everybody, and his message resounds in the audience mind. He is also very enthusiastic and gets highly involved much in advance of his participation. A reliable, kind and grateful person, Nikola is one of the smartest persons I have met.
    Monica Mistretta
    Owner
    Netmedia
    Verified
  • We* invited Nikola Danaylov to give a talk in Copenhagen on Nov. 6 2018 under the general title on the lines of "Conversations with the future". ​ *) The Danish Engineering Association, which is a cross field 117k member organization for all working in the STEM fields and with a high level education such as an engineering degree.​ ​ In the first part of the evening, Nikola presented thoughts and observations on AI, technology in general, ethics, eating meat and much more.​ ​ In the second part we opened the floor for dialogue. We expected this part to take one hour, but discussions and viewpoints were queing up in a massive and energetic way and as the host I had to let the event go on for more than half an hour extra, where the audience stayed on and engaged.​ ​ The audience feedback just came in and is truly filled with praise. "Nice to have a philosopher in the house" is the general feedback from our participants of which many/all have academic background and to a large extend in the STEM field.​ ​ We will invite Nikola back very soon and I will not hesitate recommending him for a deep and thoughtful discussion with any engagede audience. Nikola is very authentic, personal and honest and does a very good job of making everybody think and reason on deeper consequences of the world we are building. You dont have to agree with him naturally. The discussion will get interesting.​ ​ Thus I give Nikola my very best recommendations.
    Rolf Ask Clausen
    Denmark
    Verified
  • The Danish society of Engineers, IDA hosted the sustainability festival RESPOND from 6. – 8. Of June 2019. As part of this we invited Nikola Danyalov to be guest speaker at 3 different sessions during the festival: 2 talks from our main stage and a ‘fireside chat’ along with Cha’nell Thomas Vestergaard. Subjects for the talks were “Technology is the ‘How’ not the Why or the ‘What’ “ and “Leaders tell uncomfortable stories” At the firesidechat the focus was on “True Sustainability vs Green Washing". ​ At his webpage Nikola describes himself as an author, speaker, vegan, futurist and philosopher. And he brings all of this – and much more - to the table, when he gets going. I find Nikola to be a very passionate speaker with an incredible level of knowledge. He comes well-prepared, eager to interact with the audience and fully armed and ready to challenge stuck corporate mindsets, not ready for the future. Although humble for other peoples views, he argues with what seems like a vast amount of personal anecdotes and stories that underlines his points.​ ​ In our post conference evaluation survey Nikolas talks was pointed out by several participants as the key take away from the conference.​ ​ I will therefore without any hesitation recommend Nikola as your next great keynote speaker.
    Tino Tønnesen
    Verified
  • Nikola was the opening keynote speaker at Cochlear’s 2020 Emerging Markets Meeting, where he succeeded in setting up the environment within which we – his audience gave birth to our own ideas as per the best ways to surf the coming waves of technological change. It was impressive to see Nikola’s professionalism and the way he delivered his keynote. So, if you need a keynote speaker for your event, I highly recommend him.
    Facundo Borlando
    Regional Manager
    Cochlear South America
    Verified
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