Better Technology Isn’t The Solution To Ecological Collapse. It’s hard to ignore the headlines these days, with all their warnings about ecological breakdown.
Last year brought troubling news on everything from plastic pollution to soil depletion to the collapse of insect populations. These crises are worsening as our demands on the Earth intensify. Right now, virtually every government in the world is committed to pursuing economic growth: ever-expanding levels of extraction and consumption year on year. Scotland is leading fight against isolation – but we need independence. IT would be difficult not to be moved by much of this week’s coverage of the Scottish Government’s first steps towards a new loneliness strategy.
By coincidence or design, the Conservative government also announced a new “minister for loneliness”. This is a response a recommendation from the Jo Cox Foundation, set up to honour the murdered Labour politician’s commitment to the issue. After listening to experiences of isolation from the elderly or the marginalised, or dwelling on the decency of Ms Cox (and the sheer alienation of her killer), I’m sure I wasn’t the only one to follow the folksy advice being offered. Make your “five-a-day” also mean “five meaningful conversations” in a day. Be “happy to chat”. 10 predictions for 2018. 18 Exponential Changes We Can Expect in the Year Ahead. Azeem Azhar is a strategist, product entrepreneur, and analyst living in London.
Why Trying to Predict the Future Is the Worst Way to Prepare for the Years Ahead. Why Strategic Plans Need Multiple Futures. When members of Lowe’s Innovation Labs first began talking with the home improvement retailer’s senior executives about how disruptive technologies would affect the future, the presentations were well received but nothing stuck.
“We’d give a really great presentation and everyone would say, ‘Great job,’ but nothing would really happen,” says Amanda Manna, head of narratives and partnerships for the lab. The team realized that it needed to ditch the PowerPoints and try something radical. The team’s leader, Kyle Nel, is a behavioral scientist by training. What's the difference between explorers, anthropologists and tourists? An anthropologist, an explorer and a tourist walk into a bar.
They’re each clutching a spear. The anthropologist describes how it was presented to her on her seventh fieldwork season by the elders of the tribe. The impossibility of intelligence explosion – François Chollet. In 1965, I.
J. Good described for the first time the notion of “intelligence explosion”, as it relates to artificial intelligence (AI): Let an ultraintelligent machine be defined as a machine that can far surpass all the intellectual activities of any man however clever. Jeff Bezos a interdit l'utilisation d'un outil très populaire à ses employés chez Amazon — les réunions se passent bien mieux depuis. Jeff Bezos, patron d'Amazon.
Laurentian University student starts 'cultural camp' for non-Indigenous youth - Sudbury. A Laurentian University student from Wikwemikong is working to start a cultural camp for non-Indigenous Youth.
The camp on Manitoulin Island is set to open at the beginning of next month, Kaella-Marie Earle said. The main goal is to "change the narrative for Canadians on Indigenous cultures, values and humanitarian issues," she said. "If we can teach the culture to non-Indigenous youth, it will help strengthen relationships between Canadians and help inspire policy makers to address these calls to action. " Laurentian student draws on Indigenous heritage during climate change training. Cookies are Not Accepted - New York Times. Citymapper "redesigns the bus" with new London transport service based on demand.
Transport app Citymapper has converted its extensive data analysis into a real-life bus that drives an under-serviced route in London.
The Citymapper Smartbus – unveiled in a Medium post yesterday – sees the company "redesign the bus", both in terms of how one looks and how it operates. The new bus is now on the road in London for a two-day trial. It is driving a set route, but represents stage one in an ongoing project that will see the company attempt to realise responsive buses. Privacy In The Competency Marketplace: Who Owns Your Profile Metadata?
6 Technology Trends That Aren’t AI, Blockchain or VR. Why Ring, Not Amazon Echo, Is The Killer IoT Product. Why Is The Home Automation Industry So Obsessed With Voice Control? How Leaders Dream Boldly to Bring New Futures to Life. This article is part of a new series exploring the skills leaders must learn to make the most of rapid change in an increasingly disruptive world.
The first article in the series, “How the Most Successful Leaders Will Thrive in an Exponential World,” broadly outlines four critical leadership skills—futurist, technologist, innovator, and humanitarian—and how they work together. #weaccept. February 5, 2017 We believe in the simple idea that no matter who you are, where you're from, who you love, or who you worship, you deserve to belong. We know this is an idealistic notion that faces huge obstacles because of something that also seems simple, but isn't - that not everyone is accepted. The Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2016. Sometimes the world is not yet ready for a new technology to enter the fray. Virtual reality, for example, sat on the sidelines for many years. The industry went into hibernation around the time of the Dot Com Bust, and it has only recently re-emerged with promise. It is only today that big companies like Microsoft, Google, Samsung, HTC, and Facebook have the infrastructure, peripheral technologies, and capital in place to properly commercialize the technology.
Now, instead of using primitive 300 x 200 pixel LCD displays that were prohibitively expensive in the 90s, we are looking at a world where display will be in beautiful 4k quality. Creating the World’s First Neural Lace Network. Elon Musk recently added a new twist to his vision for tech-related accomplishments by saying he was interested in creating a “neural lace.” For a little background, science fiction author Iain M. Banks first coined the term “neural lace” in The Culture series. In these novels, people living on another planet installed genetically engineered glands in their brains capable of secreting stimulants, psychedelics and sedatives whenever they wanted them. Last year, researchers from Harvard and the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology in Beijing managed to create a working neural lace prototype.
They figured out a way to inject a tiny electronic mesh sensor into the brain of a mouse that fully integrates with cerebral matter that enabled computers to monitor brain activity. Using a syringe, the mesh was injected into the mouse brain where the material expanded to 30 times its original size. Snapchat secretly acquires Seene, a computer vision startup that lets mobile users make 3D selfies. Snapchat has acquired 3D photo app maker Seene (also known as Obvious Engineering) a couple of months ago, TechCrunch has learned. Loi travail : un effroyable gâchis. The Personal Factory Is Here—and It Will Bring a Wild New Era of Invention. Visit Singularity Hub for the latest from the frontiers of manufacturing and technology as we bring you coverage of Singularity University's Exponential Manufacturing conference. MakerNurse Is Tapping Grassroots Innovation To Improve Patient Care. Anna Young helps nurses get creative when treating their patients. Soon We Won’t Program Computers. We’ll Train Them Like Dogs.
Before the invention of the computer, most experimental psychologists thought the brain was an unknowable black box. Game Room: Blockchain Meets Virtual Reality. In 2010, IFTF’s Ten-Year Forecast suggested that the future is a high-resolution game: When Women Have Power. In 2009, Kym Worthy, the first woman ever elected as the top prosecutor for Wayne County, Mich., discovered that more than 11,000 rape kits containing victims’ DNA evidence were sitting untested in an old Detroit police storage facility. The Age of Em: Work, Love and Life when Robots Rule the Earth: Robin Hanson: 9780198754626: Amazon.com: Books.
IBM Announces Magic Bullet To Zap All Kinds of Killer Viruses. Soon your bathroom might have antimicrobial soap that doesn't just kill bacteria, but also wipes out Ebola, Zika, dengue, or herpes. Do international NGOs still have the right to exist? It’s highly unlikely that corporate bosses regularly ask themselves if their businesses have a right to exist. INTHEBLACK - Here's why robots won't take over the economy anytime soon. Le premier collier pour comprendre votre chat pourrait très vite voir le jour. China seeks more balanced growth via new Gross Ecosystem Product index. Measuring the Value of Free by Charles Bean. The next AI is no AI. What If the Robot Utopia Leads to an Existential Crisis for Humans? PolicyMagazineJulyAugust 2015 Lynch.
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