Good afternoon, everyone. I am honored to welcome all of you here to the great city of San Francisco, bringing the economic leaders from across the asia pacific is an opportunity for us to learn from each other. San francisco has long had a history of serving as the connection between the United States and the asia pacific. Our golden gate has welcomed those seeking to bridge our cultures and our economies. In San Francisco, we have the spirit to take risks, to seek out whats new and different. We search for the next great idea. We dont just have the dreamers who look beyond whats possible, but we also have the builders with the talent to make the dream a reality. For decades, the San Francisco bay area has provided added the culture, the talent and the spirit to change the world. The spirit of apec, of finding Common Ground and of power, of economic collaboration , and of celebrating diverse cultures, reflects that same spirit of innovation. It is a spirit that has driven San Francisc
Economies. In San Francisco, we have the spirit to take risks, to seek out whats new and different. We search for the next great idea. We dont just have the dreamers who look beyond whats possible, but we also have the builders with the talent to make the dream a reality. For decades, the San Francisco bay area has provided added the culture, the talent and the spirit to change the world. The spirit of apec, of finding Common Ground and of power, of economic collaboration , and of celebrating diverse cultures, reflects that same spirit of innovation. It is a spirit that has driven San Francisco and the bay area to become the economic engine of the world. It is the spirit that will continue to propel businesses from across the Asia Pacific Region to be part of what is happening right here, right now. We are in the spring of yet another innovative boom in San Francisco, driven by the rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence science. We have more ai job openings of any major city in the coun
Television for serious readers. Hello. Welcome to Cambridge Forum thank you for joining us for what promises to be a timely and somewhat edgy discussion about trust. Huge ramifications in todays complex technological world, the subject of todays forum, and the latest book on the subject. The director of Cambridge Forum, please to have rachel as our guest speaker tonight on the last stop of her 9 week tour which begs the question of why is trust such a hot topic around the world at this point . It is a time when confidence in institutions and governments is at an alltime low but when there has been a surge in the growth of shared Economy Companies like air b b and uber, statistics show we are shifting trust away from institution, and in areas of diversity, and hiring nannies. And transforming trust and exploring the implications for our decisionmaking in life, work and business. And in oxford. She divides her life and lives with her husband and two children and london. We welcome rachel
Point in history . It is a time when institutions and government are at an alltime low but has a huge surge in the Economy Companies like air bnb, uber and tinder. In areas as diverse as dating, banking, sharing rides or hiring nannies weve been investigating beasthese to understand how technology is transforming trust in exploring what the implications are for the decisionmaking in life, work and business and also completing the study said harvard and lectures she divides her life between sydney and london. We welcome rachel botsman. [applause] good evening everyone thank you for coming. Happy holidays to all of you. It is lovely to come back. Im very excited to talk to you this evening about my work on trust and what i thought we would explore is this trust shift that is happening from institutions and individuals and i hope i can give you a balanced view on conditionhaitians thath good and bad and all different areas of our lives, so im going to talk for a little bit and then open t
Hello. Welcome to Cambridge Forum live in Harvard Square, and thank you for joining us for what promises to be a imly and somewhat edgy discussion about trust. A small word but one with huge ramifications in todays complex technological word. Who can you trust . Its the subject of tonights forum and also the title of rachel botsmans latest book on the subject. Im the director of Cambridge Forum, and were pleased to have rachel as our guest speaker tonight on the last stop of her nine week tour which rather begs the question of why is trust such a hot topic around the world at this point in history. It is a time when confidence in institutions and governments is at an alltime low, but when there has been a huge surge in the growth of shared Economy Companies like airbnb, tinder and uber. Statistics show that we are shifting our trust away from institutions toward individual or some would say strangers in areas as diverse as dating, banking to sharing rides or even hiring nannies. Botsma