The Future of Fitness: An interview with Marcus East

The Future of Fitness: An interview with Marcus East

The Future of Fitness: An interview with Marcus East

Written By Marcus East

A summary interview following my presentation on technology will transform the future of fitness for Les Mills at Fit Business Live 2018.

 

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The immigration of Marcus East, CTO of National Geographic…

The immigration of Marcus East, CTO of National Geographic…

The immigration of Marcus East, CTO of National Geographic…

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Brexit: an historic day that will change the world

Brexit: an historic day that will change the world

Brexit: an historic day that will change the world

Whilst I voted to Remain in the EU, I woke today to hear the news about the British people’s decision to leave to European Union and was immediately filled with excitement and pride.

In reality, no one can predict the likely outcome of the two-year process that we will now enter into to leave the European Union.

My arguments to remain were economic, but my heart told me that we should be leaving.

Having exercised my democratic rights, and having seen my fellow Brits exercise theirs, today there is a sense of relief that an argument that has rumbled on for several years has now been settled.

I am not a European and have never felt like one, but I am proudly English and British and I am 100% certain that we will make this new arrangement work, whatever the short-term impact.

The Brexit vote will have important repercussions around the world, and I predict that several things will now happen:

  • Ultimately, the EU will collapse. The European political elite have failed to win the hearts and minds of their citizens, and the European experiment is not working; Europe’s citizens will no longer tolerate faceless bureaucrats in Brussels deciding their futures.
  • The United Kingdom will re-form into three or four independent countries, with a strong, economically vibrant England separate from a Scotland, Wales and possibly a Northern Ireland that increasingly see themselves as European.
  • Donald Trump will be elected President in the United States as the political elite there demonstrate that they are out of the touch with the electorate who will take the plunge and vote to change the system by selecting the populist maverick, rather than the establishment candidate.

Ultimately, I believe that after two years of economic turmoil, Britain could ultimately be better for this result, but it will require a lot of hard work and uncertainty.

The vote is over – it is now time for us to pull together to make this new arrangement with Europe work.

As is often the case, all eyes are on Britain, and the British voters may have created a shock-wave that will pulsate around the world changing the political order and the institutions that control our daily lives.

Exciting times ahead!

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If you didn’t vote in Brexit, your opinion is not valid.

If you didn’t vote in Brexit, your opinion is not valid.

If you didn’t vote in Brexit, your opinion is not valid.

 

This is a little message for those who were entitled to vote yesterday in the UK EU Referendum, but didn’t – I don’t care what you think about the result; your opinion on the matter is not valid to me.

People fought and died to give us all the vote, and yet still some of you were too lazy to go out and cast your vote yesterday, but now have the gall to complain about the outcome.

If you couldn’t be bothered to vote – to exercise a right afforded to you by the blood, sweat and tears of others over generations – then I don’t care what you think today.

Your opportunity to share your opinion was yesterday.

Your opportunity to shape the outcome was yesterday.

You chose not to use it, and today your opinion is worthless.

Thanks!

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Marcus East’s TEDx Talk on Dark Technology

Marcus East’s TEDx Talk on Dark Technology

Marcus East’s TEDx Talk on Dark Technology

Last night I gave my first TEDx talk on what I have labelled ‘Dark Technology’ at the TEDx event at the University of Manchester.

It was an honour to be part of such an interesting and stimulating event, and a privilege to have been given an opportunity to share some of my thoughts on things that are so important to me!

I wanted to share my thoughts on how humanity is struggling to cope with the pace of technological change that is being driven by commercial and scientific advances in technology, and the possible dangers that could exist in a world where the powerful are able to use technology as a tool to control the weak.

From Police Robots to Armed Drones, I touched upon some things that I think everyone should know about, and audience seemed to enjoy it.

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The staggering scale of the loss of human life in WWII

The staggering scale of the loss of human life in WWII

The staggering scale of the loss of human life in WWII

This brilliant infographic video highlights just how many millions of lives were lost in World War II; it is truly staggering:

Watching this video serves to remind us just how devastating war can be; let’s hope that it was a war to end all wars and that we never see a loss of life on this scale ever again.

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