Don Tapscott's Blog

In a 2003 article for The Globe and Mail Canadian Music Week, Don asks “Is it closing time for the music industry?” Read the full article

In this article from National Business Daily, Don is interviewed for his insight into the infrastructure running the metaverse – the blockchain – and the important ole of digital property rights in this next era of asset ownership and management. Read the full article: http://www.nbd.com.cn/articles/2022-0...

In a feature for Cointelegraph, Don introduces the Trivergence, arguing that the combination of Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, and blockchain is the foundation of the second era of the digital age. Read the full article: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/20...

In a feature for Coindesk, Don speaks from the future to discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on business and society, and how this incredible disruption to life as we know it will lead to a rewriting of our social contract – and the role that blockchain will play in this brave new world. […]

In a feature for Coindesk, Don speaks from the future to discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on business and society, and how this incredible disruption to life as we know it will lead to a rewriting of our social contract – and the role that blockchain will play in this brave new world. […]

In Harvard Business Review, Don and his son Alex discuss the concept of the digital identity, run on a blockchain, as a means to balance privacy and data accessibility as we grapple with big healthcare problems exposed by COVID-19. Read the full article here: https://hbr.org/2020/06/what-blockcha...

In their article for Coindesk, Don and Alex Tapscott introduce their report Blockchain Solutions in Pandemics and call for the integration of blockchain to manage healthcare records, just-in-time supply chains, rapid response registries for nurses, incentive models for healthy behaviour, and the system of digital money. Read the full article: https://www.coindesk.com/five-ways-bl...

In his open letter in the Toronto Star, Don implores the city of Toronto to invest in its technology sector, to rethink the city’s current institutions holding back progress on data privacy, healthcare, digital money, and to write regulations that push Canada to the forefront of technology and innovation. Read the full article: https://www.thestar.com/business/opin...

In his feature in the Toronto Star, Don explains the state of digital feudalism and reminds individuals that they have rights to their data – and should demand ownership over it. With blockchain, digital identity can be owned by the individual and used according to the individual’s limitations. Read the full article: https://www.thestar.com/business/opin...

In his Toronto Star series, Don writes about the need for the creation of new institutions, models, and agreements in order to fundamentally address deep issues facing Canadian society, such as climate change, reconciliation, populism, and xenophobia. This is the new social contract. Read the full article: https://www.thestar.com/business/opin...