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Scenario prompts 15 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 the illusion of acceleration, consciousness, embryo models, Kevin Kelly, adaptation tech, octopus, holographic direct sound 3D printing and getting sued for climate damage.
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The Illusion of Acceleration
https://reactionwheel.net/2024/10/the-illusion-of-acceleration.html
Innovations tend to come in waves, building off each other.
Scientists Are Developing a Tool That Can ‘See’ Your Consciousness
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a62581065/a-tool-that-can-see-your-consciousness/
The goal isn’t just to isolate consciousness or define it. It is for humans to understand and recalibrate along the lines of universal consciousness, the researchers say.
They Were Made Without Eggs or Sperm. Are They Human?
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/10/human-embryo-model-ethics/680189/
Embryo models are getting remarkably realistic.
The Kevin Kelly interview: The power of “radical optimism”
https://bigthink.com/the-long-game/the-kevin-kelly-interview-the-power-of-radical-optimism/
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As Disasters Strike, Investors Turn to Adaptation Tech
https://heatmap.news/technology/disasters-adaptation-tech
Whoever develops climate resilience and adaptation technology will have a competitive advantage over any other company, any other society, and the faster that we can scale it up, and the smarter and more equitable we are about deploying it, the better off we will all be.
This octopus-inspired adhesive can stick to just about anything
Each sucker along an octopus arm features a funnel-shaped, malleable tissue formation called an infundibulum. The unique, soft curvature allows the sucker to quickly attach and detach from a large range of surfaces, including curved, rough, and underwater objects.
Holographic 3D Printing Has the Potential to Revolutionize Multiple Industries, Researchers Demonstrate
Researchers have developed a novel method of 3D printing that uses acoustic holograms (holographic direct sound printing). The discovery might be a paradigm shift.
A natural gas company just became the first to be sued over climate change
https://futurism.com/the-byte/gas-utility-sued-climate-change
For the first time ever, a natural gas company is being sued by a local government for misleading customers about fossil fuels and the dangers they pose to the environment.
