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Scenario prompt 20 August 2025
The scenario prompts for today is rethinking money and AI breaking our economic models. I use that a lot with my clients. The end of GDP, the beginning of restorative economics, Buddhist economics and maybe even abundance. It is a lovely way to rethink and future frame your business model.
The other prompts for today are wireless computing, organoid computing, camouflage and biomimicry, Cyberpunk 2077, social innovation ecosystems, and you are the upgrade
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US scientists unveil ‘microwave brain’ chip for ultrafast, wireless computing
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/brain-inspired-microchip
It offers same accuracy as digital neural networks, but is tiny enough to fit where they never could
Brains grown in dishes push new boundaries
https://cosmosmagazine.com/technology/brains-grown-in-dishes-push-new-boundaries/
The potential for organoid computing is massive and there’s nothing really we can compare it to
Knitted textile metasurfaces allow soft robots to morph and camouflage on demand
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-08-textile-metasurfaces-soft-robots-morph.html
What if camouflage fabrics could dynamically adapt like living organisms, altering both color and texture in real time to match their surroundings
What Cyberpunk 2077 Can Teach Real-World Cities
https://aftermath.site/cyberpunk-urban-design
Every CEO should play Xbox.
Building inclusive economies: Lessons from East Asia’s social innovation ecosystems
The number of B Corps has reached 9,500 companies spanning 102 countries, while more capital than ever is being allocated to social and environmental returns, with the global impact investing market in 2024 estimated at US$1.571 trillion.
AI Revolution Could Require Us to Re-Think Money Entirely
https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-revolution-could-require-us-to-re-think-money-entirely
AI (and abundance) could break our economic model. Study Buddhist economics: https://www.ronimmink.com/you-get-what-you-measure-and-that-is-precisely-the-problem-with-gdp/
You are the upgrade
https://www.ronimmink.com/product/a-book-about-books-about-ai/
Data, acceleration, and the future of intelligence: Lessons from 25 core books (and links to 114 other books) about AI, technology abstraction, and consciousness.
