FutureResolve
Grab The Future. Transform It.
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Slashing Water Use With Innovation, Food, and Tough Choices
We are on track to use 40% more fresh water than nature creates by 2030. Slashing our water use through innovation, changes in diet, and government regulation face uncertainty and rejection. But meaningful reduction is possible and will be part of a total solution for bringing supply and demand back in balance.
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Water Supply and Demand Are Totally Out of Whack
Will we run out of water? No. Freshwater is a product; we can even make it. Like every other must-have product, it may become scarce but it will always be available – for those who can afford it. The better question is how to use, make, and distribute freshwater with maximum efficiency. The freshwater market…
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Unbinding Potential: The Evolution of Cutting-Edge Human Augmentation
You’re in Thebes in 1,000 BCE, striding through a crowded plaza toward a temple. Passersby sneak glances at your new big toe. Gorgeously crafted from wood and leather, the faux toe lets you balance and move naturally: your body feels whole. Suddenly, a time traveler from 2023 appears as you enter the temple portico.
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I GPT-4’d With Abraham Lincoln. He Has a Solid Twitter Game
Steve Jobs offered a dream for computer-based learning in 1985 (here, at 5:00): “I can read what Aristotle wrote. But I can’t ask Aristotle a question… My hope is someday, when the next Aristotle is alive, we can capture the underlying world view of that Aristotle in a computer and someday, some student…will be able to…
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The Beginning of the End of Our Stone Age
In 1993, only thirty years ago, three innovations came to market that would entwine in our lives as extensions of our hands, eyes, and minds. Yet most people didn’t notice them.
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Con Artists Use Age-Old Scams On The Crypto Frontier: Part-4
Welcome to the fourth and final essay in our series on fraud in cryptocurrency and decentralized finance (DeFi). If you’re new to the series, start with Part 1. Technology does not change humans, but it can make what we do 10X bigger and faster. We can be human at warp speed, including when we are shameless embezzlers.
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Con Artists Use Age-Old Scams On The Crypto Frontier: Part-3
The Pump-And-Dump. Welcome to Part 3 of the “Age-Old Cons Live Again on The Cryptocurrency Frontier.” If you’re new to the series you can read Part 1 and Part 2 before diving in.
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Con Artists Use Age-Old Scams On The Crypto Frontier: Part-2
This is Part-2 in a four-part series on cryptocurrency and non-fungible token (NFT) scams. Everything old is new again. Classic scams like the Rug Pull thrive in cryptocurrency and NFT markets.
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Voting in Twenty Years Will Blend Ink And Bits
November 2022 Update. We know how to design robust voting technology. But the right tech is not enough. In my final 2020 essay about voters needs and voting tech, reposted below, I wrote “If your Amazon delivery is accidentally canceled or your account details are stolen, it’s a nuisance. When an election is stolen, bloody riots…
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Con Artists Use Age-Old Scams On The Crypto Frontier
Part-1 in a four-part series on decentralized finance (DeFi) scams.