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Federico Pistono
Federico Pistono, 2013
Born (1985-12-08) December 8, 1985 (age 38)
Gattinara, Biella, Italy
NationalityItalian
Alma materUniversity of Verona, Singularity University
Occupation(s)Author
Lecturer
Social entrepreneur
Employer(s)Esplori (Founder and CEO)
Known forTEDx lectures
AwardsList of awards

Federico Pistono (born on December 8, 1985 in Gattinara, Biella, Italy) is an award-winning journalist,[1] author, social entrepreneur, scientific educator, activist, and filmmaker.[2] He is author of the book "Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK: How to Survive the Economic Collapse and Be Happy",[3] and the science fiction novelette "A Tale of Two Futures".[4] He lectures at TEDx events, conferences, universities, and symposia, such as TEDxVienna,[5] TEDxBologna,[6] Z-Day 2012 in Vancouver,[7] FIAP (Faculdade de Informática e Administração Paulista), BITS 2013 (part of CeBIT) in Porto Alegre, Brazil,[8][9] and at the Istituto ITS Kennedy in Pordenone.[10] He was interviewed by several newspapers, radios, TVs, and magazines, among which are The Huffington Post,[11][12] The Wall Street Journal,[13] Folha de S. Paulo,[14] and RAI,[15] while he wrote for the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies[16] The Work Foundation,[17] and Forbes Magazine.[18]

Early life and education edit

Federico was born on December 8, 1985 in Gattinara, Biella, in the northern Italy. At the age of 16 he was awarded a full scholarship for the prestigious United World College of the Adriatic.[19] Afterwards, he received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Verona. He continued his studies by completing the online course at Stanford of Machine Learning; and in 2012 he graduated with full scholarship from Singularity University, NASA Ames Research Center at Silicon Valley, whose studies included synthetic biology, artificial intelligence and robotics, nanotechnology and digital fabrication, energy and environmental systems, space and physical sciences, design, future studies and forecasting, policy, law and ethics.

Career edit

 
Federico Pistono speaking at Z-Day 2012 in Vancouver

Zeitgeist Movement edit

Main article: The Zeitgeist Movement

On May 2009, he founded The Zeitgeist Movement in Italy, a global sustainability advocacy organization which conducts community based activism and awareness actions through a network of global and regional chapters, project teams, annual events, media and charity work to promote a shift towards a Resource Based Economic model, where the solutions arrived at and promoted are in the interest to help everyone on the planet Earth, not a select group.

He held the position of national coordinator and spokesperson for about three years - until January 2012, but he continued to be one of the principal spokespersons, giving lectures at every Z-Day global event for the past three years in London, Vancouver, and Los Angeles.

Società Sostenibile edit

In 2011, Federico curated a symposium in Verona called "Società Sostenibile" (en: Sustainable Society) that attracted more than 10 sustainability organisations and celebrities, among which were filmmaker and writer Silvano Agosti, and activist Jacopo Fo, the son of Nobel Prize in Literature winner Dario Fo,[20][21] and Transition Towns, a grassroots network of communities that are working to build resilience in response to peak oil, climate destruction, and economic instability.[22][23]

Education edit

In July 2013, Federico spoke at the International Education and Resource Network (iEARN) summit 2013 in Doha, Qatar. iEARN, with 50,000 educators and more than 2 million students from 140 countries, is the world's largest nonprofit global network that enables teachers and youth to use the Internet and other technologies to collaborate on projects that enhance learning and make a difference in the world.[24]

Social activity edit

 
Federico Pistono speaking at Simposio Società Sostenibile 2011 in Verona.

In 2007, he started "Grilli biellesi", a non-profit volunteer association with civic engagement and the protection of the rights of citizens whose topics of interest are energy, information, waste, connectivity and protection of water.[25] Later, it became a part of the Five Star Movement.[26]

Pistono is an outspoken proponent of Free and Open Source Software[27] and Universal Access to knowledge.[28] He spoke several times of the advantages of adopting open licenses – both for software, media, and hardware. All of his works are released under Creative Commons licenses.[29] He criticises companies for the use of DRM and patents as "instruments that stifle innovation and do not promote a collaborative society".[30]

He has been under public spotlight for criticising the lack of an Open Platform for collaboration in the Five Star Movement, and for proposing the use of the crowd intelligence from its activist to use software of Open Governance that use Free and Open Source Licenses (LiquidFeedback, Airesis).[31] His videos on the topic went viral and attracted considerable attention both from the media and the activist community.[32]

Following the attack at the party's website, the day of the candidacy for election of the Italy's President of the Republic, Pistono stated in an interview with The Huffington Post that the risk of attack could have been significantly lowered, had they used an Open Source platform with publicly accessible source code, where the community could help the development and avoid the security problems that proprietary, closed software brings; in addition to increasing transparency and participation with the public.[33]

Honors and awards edit

Federico received the following awards and recognitions:

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ D'Amelio, Lorenzo (2009). "Al summit delle Nazioni Unite ci sará anche il blogger cossatese". La Nuova Provincia di Biella. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  2. ^ Liskauskas, Suzana (May 15, 2013). "Homens terão que reprogramar pensamento para competir com robôs". Liskauskas (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK: How to Survive the Economic Collapse and Be Happy". kurzweilai.net. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. December 11, 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Federico Pistono at TZM Interviews". thezeitgeistmovement.com. The Zeitgaist Movement. January 25, 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  5. ^ Bellucci, Carmine (May 17, 2013). "Federico Pistono's TEDx talk about economic growth". lostateminor.com. TEDxVienna. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  6. ^ Pistono, Federico (October 27, 2012). "My greatest passion in the robots society". TEDxBologna. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  7. ^ Federico Pistono - 'Robots Will Steal Your Job' - Z-Day, 2012 (Repository) (Video). Vancouver, Canada: TZM Vancouver. 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  8. ^ "BITS 2013 speakers". bitsouthamerica.com.br. BITS 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  9. ^ Renner, Maurício (May 16, 2013). "Você vai perder seu emprego". baguete.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  10. ^ Scian, Cinzia (December 5, 2012). "Inaugurazione ITS Kennedy e conferenza con Federico Pistono". friulweb.eu (in Italian). Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  11. ^ Salvatori, Pietro (April 6, 2013). "Movimento 5 Stelle, blog e meetup non bastano più. Un videoappello e un documento dei grillini Pistono e Barillari agitano il M5S". huffingtonpost.it. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  12. ^ A Future Of Unemployment (Video). The Huffington Post. 2012. Event occurs at 23:10. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  13. ^ X Prize Chairman: Will Robots Do Jobs of the Future? (YouTube). The Wall Street Jurnal. 2013. Event occurs at 00:36. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  14. ^ Maia, Felipe (November 25, 2012). "'Não vamos conseguir manter o ritmo das máquinas', diz autor". Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  15. ^ Federico Pistono a Lilit (Rai3) con Daniele Bossari e Debora Villa (Video) (in Italian). 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2012. {{cite AV media}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ Pistono, Federico (January 28, 2013). "Forget 1984 and Conspiracy Stories, This is the Real Thing". ieet.org. Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  17. ^ Pistono, Federico (29 May 2013). "There is no war other than the one we are fighting with ourselves". The Work Foundation. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  18. ^ Pistono, Federico (April 12, 2012). "Machines Will Outsmart Humans. We Better Be Ready". forbes.com. Forbes Magazine. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  19. ^ "UWC Adriatic Annual Report 2010-11" (PDF). http://www.uwcad.it/. UWC Adriatic. Retrieved 22 May 2013. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  20. ^ "Simposio "Società sostenibile" a Verona". www.alternativasostenibile.it (in Italian). Alternativa Sostenibile. November 5, 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  21. ^ "Simposio "Società Sostenibile" - Introduzione con Federico Pistono". zeitgeistitalia.org (in Italian). The Zeitgeist Movement. December 20, 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  22. ^ Barbat, Vincenzo (April 27, 2012). "Simposio "Società Sostenibile": Ellen Bermann - Le città in transizione". thezeitgeistmovement.com. The Zeitgeist Movement. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  23. ^ Petrei, Fabrizia (March 12, 2012). "Com'è andata ieri". gasosimo.it. Gas Osimo. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  24. ^ "iEARN - Conference Program". iEARN. July 1, 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  25. ^ "Federico Pistono, fondatore dei Grilli biellesi, propone a Beppe Grillo le ricette per salvare il Movimento 5 Stelle". quotidianopiemontese.it (in Italian). Quotidiano Piemontese. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  26. ^ "Interview with Federico, author of "Robots Will Steal Your Job, but That's OK"". sina.com.cn (in English and Chinese). December 21, 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  27. ^ Pistono, Federico. "Interview with Free Software Association Brazil". softwarelivre.org. Free Software Foundation Brazil. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  28. ^ Pistono, Federico. "A Future of Learning" (PDF). europa.eu. European Commission. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  29. ^ Interview with Federico Pistono (Audio) (in Portuguese). softwarelivre.org. 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  30. ^ Federico Pistono (2011). Evoluzione sociale tramite collaborazione Open Source (Video) (in Italian). Italy: Societa Sostenibile Simposio. Retrieved May 24, 2013. {{cite AV media}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  31. ^ Ricci, Sonia (December 21, 2012). "M5S, l'attivista Federico Pistono: "Grillo Risponde Solo a chi lo Insulta"". publicpolicy.it. Public Policy. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  32. ^ Pasteris, Vittorio (December 15, 2012). "'Beppe, fai un bel respiro e ascolta i consigli dei tuoi amici'". ilfattoquotidiano.it. Il Fatto Quotidiano. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  33. ^ Salvatori, Pietro (April 12, 2013). "Quirinarie: "l'hackeraggio come uno schiacciasassi". Lo staff M5S e la Dnv Business Assurance spiegano cosa è successo (DOCUMENTO)". huffingtonpost.it. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  34. ^ "Young Italian Knights Award - Federico Pistono". Premio Cavalierato Giovanile. February 20, 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  35. ^ Goldemberg, Deborah (September 30, 2009). "Denmark: International bloggers meet up to think about climate change". globalvoicesonline.org. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  36. ^ "Help me go to NASA and change the world for the better!". rally.org. Singularity University. Retrieved 22 May 2013.

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