A vision of crimes in the future

TEDGlobal 2012 · 19:25 · Filmed Jun 2012

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The world is becoming increasingly open, and that has implications both bright and dangerous. Marc Goodman paints a portrait of a grave future, in which technology's rapid development could allow crime to take a turn for the worse.

Marc Goodman

Global Security Futurist

Marc Goodman works to prevent future crimes and acts of terrorism, even those security threats not yet invented. Full bio

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