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Aug 15, 2017

Future of Food | San Francisco Chronicle

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“Tracing the next generation of farms, restaurants and kitchens in the Bay Area and beyond”

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Aug 15, 2017

6 ways to make sure AI creates jobs for all and not the few — By Stephane Kasriel | World Economic Forum

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

“If, as The Wall Street Journal suggests, we think of AI as a technology that predicts, it’s much easier to map its impact. We must push ourselves to do that and understand the future of work.”

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Aug 15, 2017

Welcome to the Future of Work

Posted by in categories: education, futurism

The Associated Press is launching a series of stories called Future of Work that explore how workplaces across the U.S. and the world are being transformed by technology and global pressures. As more employers move, shrink or revamp their work sites, many employees are struggling to adapt. At the same time, workers with in-demand skills or knowledge are benefiting. Advanced training, education or know-how is becoming a required ticket to the 21st-century workplace.

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Aug 12, 2017

Why It’s Taking Less and Less to Manufacture More of the Things We Want

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A wide range of fast-improving technologies are driving manufacturing productivity higher—which means we can now make many more things with less and less.

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Aug 11, 2017

This indestructible helmet looks a lot like Boba Fett’s

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Aug 10, 2017

There’s A Free Stock Waiting For You

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Aug 10, 2017

Futurist Gray Scott: We Can’t Ignore Our Psychological Future

Posted by in categories: computing, disruptive technology, education, ethics, futurism, innovation, internet, media & arts, mobile phones, nanotechnology, philosophy, robotics/AI, software, transhumanism, virtual reality

Why are we often so wrong about how the future and future technology will reshape society and our personal lives? In this new video from the Galactic Public Archives, Futurist Gray Scott tells us why he thinks it is important to look at all aspects of the future.

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Aug 10, 2017

Paul Spiegel: Beyond retirement, a new social compact for the age of longevity

Posted by in categories: futurism, life extension

LEAF director Paul Spiegel at the recent ILC Sumit in Madrid discusses the society of the near future where people will exponentially increase their life expectancy. Aspects of work, leisure, pensions are discussed and the need for a new social contract.

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Aug 10, 2017

Facebook just announced a YouTube competitor called Watch

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Facebook Watch will let users discover videos outside of their own feed more easily and let them follow favorite content creators.

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Aug 10, 2017

​1 big thing: The Committee to Save America

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Here’s one of the most intriguing — and consequential — theories circulating inside the White House: The generals, the New Yorkers and Republican congressional leaders see themselves as an unofficial committee to protect Trump and the nation from disaster.

This loose alliance is informal. But as one top official told me: “If you see a guy about to stab someone with a knife, you don’t need to huddle to decide to grab the knife.”

The theory was described to Jim VandeHei and me in a series of private chats with high-ranking officials:

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