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Scenario prompts 25 October 2024
Use the prompts to question things such as relevance, opportunity vs threat, if vs when, timelines, impact and responses. Consider multiple futures.
Today’s prompts are Kazakhstan, lithium, creating food out of thin air, warfare, diamonds, stage zero thinking, electric plastic, fungi (computers) and a Carl Sagan AI.
Check out Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan Launches In-Depth Course on Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
Kazakhstan are developing a new type of of universities. Check it out.
Chinese scientists extract lithium from seawater, holding promise for new energy tech
Novel lithium extraction technique harnesses solar energy, offering an efficient alternative amid rising demand for the metal
These companies are creating food out of thin air
Autotrophic microbes eating up waste carbon and reproducing so enthusiastically that their populations swell to fill massive fermentation tanks.
Battles of Precise Mass
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/world/battles-precise-mass-technology-war-horowitz
For millennia, commanders considered mass—that is, having numerically superior forces and more materiel than the other side—critical to victory in battle.
Are diamonds Earth’s best friend? Gem dust could cool the planet
Shooting 5 million tons of diamond dust into the stratosphere each year could cool the planet by 1.6ºC
Artificial Intelligence Is Creating A New Way Of Thinking, An External Thought Process Outside Of Our Minds
System zero thinking.
‘Electric plastic’ could open door to new generation of implants and wearable tech
Self-assembling, biocompatible molecular ribbons can store energy and information
Soil’s secret language: Researchers decode plant-to-fungi communication
As we begin to understand how plants and fungi communicate, we will better understand the complexities of the soil ecosystem, leading to healthier crops and improving our approach to biodiversity. Fungi computers. Wait for it.
AI Carl Sagan on Cyberdelics and Cosmos
Philosophizing on the cosmos and cyberdelics with a virtualization AI Carl Sagan
