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The Digital Frontier

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The Digital Frontier

Advancements in 20th century medicine reshaped society and made good health an expectation, not an exception. Now, 21st century breakthroughs may end disease, reverse aging, and restore sight and hearing — perhaps sooner than we think.
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AI
Pantheon creator Craig Silverstein on uploading our brains to the internet
How the cult hit sci-fi show imagines a “techno-realist” future.
Children in a classroom use tablets and wear headphones while a teacher writes on a chalkboard.
Global Development
Google’s $1 billion bet on Africa’s digital future
Just 37% of sub-Saharan Africans use the internet today, but Google predicts the next 10 years will be the region’s “digital decade.”
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Misinformation
Can humans purge the bots without sacrificing our privacy?
A group backed by Sam Altman is pursuing the creation of “personhood credentials” that would prove an internet user is a real person.
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