2×07 | Blade Runner and why it is so difficult to predict the future, with Jorge Barrero

by | Jan 13, 2025

Today’s society is facing major challenges that will certainly sound familiar: youth unemployment, declining access to and quality of public services, growing inequality and polarization of… well, practically everything… In this context, there are many who see technology as the solution to improve not only the economy of countries but society as a whole, and yes, to improve your daily life.

The COTEC Foundation, whose objective is to promote innovation as a driver of economic and social development, is engaged in this struggle. In other words, to put technology and innovation at the service of citizens. Today we have the pleasure of welcoming its CEO Jorge Barrero, science communicator and specialist in technology transfer for citizen participation.

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