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Scenario prompts 19 July 2024
Today’s prompts are an opportunity to pre-order my book about books about AI, solar drones, quantum tech risk, beauty trends, life extension drugs, neuron tracking, Taoism, strategy, how to become a better reader and Disney.
Actively engage with information. Train your mental change muscle.
A book about books about AI
https://www.ronimmink.com/product/a-book-about-books-about-ai/
So far, taking the perspective from 22 books/authors covering intelligence (there are many forms), work, synthetic biology, transhumanism, economics, spiritualism, digital transformation, data, etc. When you go through the books again, you start to wonder if we are asking the right questions. Pre-order to stay in the loop.
World’s tiniest, 4-gram solar drone can fly forever with high lift efficiency
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/4-gram-solar-drone-can-fly-forever
The device, called ColumbFly, weighs just 4 grams and uses a solar cell to generate electricity, creating an electric field between oppositely charged plates arranged in a circle.
The time to discuss quantum tech risks is now
https://www.innovationaus.com/the-time-to-discuss-quantum-tech-risks-is-now/
We must ask the hard questions now
The beauty trends of the future are winking at new-age
https://www.nssgclub.com/en/beauty/37420/beauty-trends-mindfulness-collagen-peptides-reiki
Ayurveda, aging well, mindfulness, cellular skincare and nutricosmetics.
‘Supermodel granny’ drug extends life in animals
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2gr3x3xkno
A drug has increased the lifespans of laboratory animals by nearly 25%, in a discovery scientists hope can slow human ageing too.
Researchers track individual neurons as they respond to words
When processing language, individual neurons respond to words with similar meanings.
4 practical life lessons from Taoism
https://bigthink.com/thinking/4-practical-life-lessons-from-taoism/
Lessons include engaging meaningfully with the world and learning the path toward “effortless action.”
6 Ways to Bring Strategy into Your Work Every Day
https://hbr.org/2024/07/6-ways-to-bring-strategy-into-your-work-every-day
Read https://www.ronimmink.com/the-strategic-plan-is-dead/
Active reading: how to become a better reader
https://nesslabs.com/active-reading
We forget up to 70% of new information within 24 hours if we don’t actively engage with it. Hence Bookbuzz. See https://www.ronimmink.com/bookbuzz/
How Disney Is Trying to Be as Addictive as Netflix
The entertainment giant is making changes aimed at getting streaming customers to spend more time glued to the screen. They focus on a metric known as “hours per subscriber”.