Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc, recently gave a speech to a large group of youngsters in Italy as part of an overall tour he is doing which involves several speaking arrangements that are essentially meant to inspire the youth into opting for leadership positions later on in life. The latest speech he gave is quite an important one because of the fact that it touched on several important issues that are affecting the world at present, and need to be addressed in order to maintain the security and comfort of our future generations.
One topic that Cook touched on was fake news, something that he admitted was having a pretty severe negative impact on the world all in all and was making it difficult for people to trust anything they read on the internet. Cook acknowledged that the internet has mostly benefited the world and allowed it to become more interconnected along with enabling a lot of free speech along the way. However he also mentioned that fake news was starting to spread a lot more quickly than it used to before, and the reason for this is that there isn’t enough regulation on the internet with regards to the fake news that often ends up spreading there all in all.
Another extremely important topic that Cook touched on was the misuse of data by big tech companies, even though he did approach this topic in a manner that was mostly complimentary to his own company. Cook claimed that Apple did not treat its users like cash cows that they could harvest data from, and this is definitely true if you look at the statistics regarding their use of user data. It is important that such topics be addressed as well since the youth of today need to be made aware of how their data ends up being used in order to prevent them from losing control of the information that they put out there on the internet all in all.
Perhaps the single most important topic that Cook decided to address was that of climate change. Anyone that looks into the statistics surrounding climate change would agree that it is perhaps the single biggest threat that our planet is facing at present, which is why a lot of effort needs to be put into fixing these issues. Tim Cook talked about how Apple focuses on the use of renewable energy and other environmentally friendly techniques, stating that they do this not because they are being forced to by the government but because of the fact that they simply think that this is the right thing to do.
Overall, Cook’s talks provided some important information for a group of young people that might very well end up becoming the leaders of tomorrow.
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One topic that Cook touched on was fake news, something that he admitted was having a pretty severe negative impact on the world all in all and was making it difficult for people to trust anything they read on the internet. Cook acknowledged that the internet has mostly benefited the world and allowed it to become more interconnected along with enabling a lot of free speech along the way. However he also mentioned that fake news was starting to spread a lot more quickly than it used to before, and the reason for this is that there isn’t enough regulation on the internet with regards to the fake news that often ends up spreading there all in all.
Another extremely important topic that Cook touched on was the misuse of data by big tech companies, even though he did approach this topic in a manner that was mostly complimentary to his own company. Cook claimed that Apple did not treat its users like cash cows that they could harvest data from, and this is definitely true if you look at the statistics regarding their use of user data. It is important that such topics be addressed as well since the youth of today need to be made aware of how their data ends up being used in order to prevent them from losing control of the information that they put out there on the internet all in all.
Perhaps the single most important topic that Cook decided to address was that of climate change. Anyone that looks into the statistics surrounding climate change would agree that it is perhaps the single biggest threat that our planet is facing at present, which is why a lot of effort needs to be put into fixing these issues. Tim Cook talked about how Apple focuses on the use of renewable energy and other environmentally friendly techniques, stating that they do this not because they are being forced to by the government but because of the fact that they simply think that this is the right thing to do.
Climate chancing, politiche proibizionistiche, iPhone, pezzi di ricambio, cobalto e suo utilizzo..sono solo alcuni dei temi toccati dagli studenti che come sempre non si fanno “intimorire” e formulano le proprie domande senza filtri!! #apple #opge @tim_cook @lucfontana pic.twitter.com/JGRo6N5bkw— Osservatorionline (@opge) October 3, 2019
Overall, Cook’s talks provided some important information for a group of young people that might very well end up becoming the leaders of tomorrow.
Photo: Stephen Lam / Getty Images
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