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About New World Same Humans

New World Same Humans is a newsletter on trends, technology and society, and a community that aims to supercharge you.

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  • The landmark weekly update: New Week Same Humans. A shot of news and super-fast analysis delivered via both text and audio
  • Occasional short notes, longform essays, and book reviews
  • Interviews with leading technologists and thinkers
  • Access to the NWSH community: an amazing group of tech folk, designers, foresight professionals, marketers, policy makers and more

We started out as a small tribe back in January 2020. Now, we've grown to encompass 25,000+ members.

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NWSH is from writer and broadcaster David Mattin, an internationally recognised expert on trends, innovation and social change.

David has worked with a wide range of organisations to help them understand and respond to what lies ahead. His business, innovation and trends journalism has appeared everywhere from The Times, to Quartz, to Google Think Quarterly.

David sits on the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Consumption. He is co-author of Trend-Driven Innovation, published by Wiley.

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