Inaccurate headline is inaccurate. The article is talking about Universal Basic Income, which is (arguably) life after capitalism, or at least capitalism as we presently understand it. It has nothing to do with democracy.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/10/13582652/elon-musk-imagines-life-after-democracy
It’s becoming increasingly clear that the state of our microbiome has a significant impact on our physical and psychological health. There’s a theory that it plays an important role in obesity, too.
Engineered gut bacteria could be huge.
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Prescription: one pill with 100 billion modified E. coli.
Clever people with a lot of money have significant leverage in solving “wicked problems”.
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A few of the incredible projects tech philanthropists are pouring their money into.
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Researchers Repair Brain Damage in Mice With Stem Cell Transplants http://bit.ly/2fZJYXg
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VIDEO: Watch this startup leverage AI to 3D Print objects on a massive scale
I’ve long been interested in alternative models of collective effort (apart from the for-profit corporation, the nonprofit, and government), though any of those could, and does, work with the idea of a Massive Transformative Purpose.
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The Motivating Power of a Massive Transformative Purpose http://bit.ly/2fBscpb
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And you thought this election was personal.
IBM, people. IBM.
We’re a long way from typewriters.
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#viruses
http://bigthink.com/philip-perry/watson-supercomputer-will-help-ibm-create-a-cure-for-all-viruses
I don’t often post links to reviews of my stuff, because it can come off as a bit of a peacock move, but this reviewer really gets what I was going for with the story.
It’s always a little bit of joy to get a review from someone who both digs and groks something I’ve written; it makes it feel worthwhile.
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1KZ6102GX67WH/?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B019M18DSI
The thing about blockchain is that it can allow a diverse group of entities to jointly trust a record of transactions in a system that no one of them controls. There are a lot of applications for that, not only in banking, but in health, supply chain, and even official records like land transfers.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602731/web-pioneer-tries-to-incubate-a-second-digital-revolution/