The Changing World Order
Drones are the new bombs, code the new currency, chips the new oil, and AI the new everything. Technology has reshaped geopolitics forever and a new world order is being carved in silicon
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The AGI economy is coming faster than you think
The impact of AGI on the economy will be big, it’ll happen fast, and it’ll be disruptive. Here’s how the disruption could play out.
Predictions of resource scarcity have a fundamental flaw
From where we stand, the true limits to growth are currently unknowable and need not affect any decisions we make today.
If progress has stalled, we need to know why
We need to figure out what drives progress, what might cause it to slow down or stop, and what, if anything, we can do to re-accelerate it.
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The app that sniffs out censorship
Created by the Tor Project, the app gives internet users a new way to monitor and report online censorship around…
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An app for global trade
Flexport thinks bringing trade into the 21st century could improve lives around the globe.
This week in ideas: Using drones for medicine, fighting Zika, re-imagining passwords
Reimagining how we get medicine to people, using genetically modified mosquitoes to fight Zika, and selfies as…
How to send mail to a person with no address
Millions of people have no address. They can’t get mail, they can’t vote, they can’t get aid, and they don’t have…
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