Scenario prompts 16 February 2024; use science fiction for scenario planning

Scenario prompts are part of my straightforward 4-step strategy development programme. 

Today’s topics to consider are minimalism, AI, precision fermentation, life extension, the future of PR, fungi, China, quantum AI, growing cartilage, science fiction, idea assessment and soil.

Use science fiction for scenario planning.

10 Ways Minimalism Will Change Your Life

https://www.becomingminimalist.com/10-ways-minimalism-will-change-your-life/?

Trend?

AI Is Like Water

https://www.nfx.com/post/ai-like-water?

With AI is that tech provides you basically no protection from the start. Tech differentiation in AI is a shrinking moat

The future is now for precision fermentation

https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/25553-the-future-is-now-for-precision-fermentation

Precision fermentation is the newest chapter in the history of making food without animals.

How AI will extend your life

https://www.diamandis.com/blog/abundance-38-ai-will-extend-your-life

AI powered medicine.

The Future of PR: Adopting Tech Trends and Innovations

https://www.intelligentliving.co/future-of-pr-tech-trends-nnovations/

Data, freelancers, AI, VR, AR, authenticity, voice search, blockchain, immersive, cyber security and reputation management.

A pioneering palm oil replacement made from fungi

https://www.springwise.com/innovation/food-drink/replacing-palm-oil-with-fungi/?

Palm oil production is considered a key threat to 193 endangered and vulnerable species.

Why the U.S. auto industry is freaking out about China’s electric cars

https://www.axios.com/2024/02/14/chinese-ev-electric-vehicles-sold-america?

Look East. Read https://www.ronimmink.com/disruption-from-the-east/

SandboxAQ Puts a Quantum Twist on AI Technology

https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2024/sandbox-aq-puts-a-quantum-twist-on-ai-technology/

There it is. Quantum AI.

Replacement cartilage can grow in any shape with 3D-printed “spheroids”

https://newatlas.com/medical/cartilage-stem-cells-any-shape-3d-printed-spheroids/

Researchers have developed a new way to grow cartilage from stem cells and guide it into basically any shape required. The breakthrough could lead to better ways to patch up injuries.

Are fictional dystopias blocking us from better futures?

https://bigthink.com/the-future/are-fictional-dystopias-blocking-us-from-better-futures/?

Futuristic fiction needs to offer an inspiring outlook about our ability to shape the future (Stephenson also co-founded the Hieroglyph project with the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, with a mission to develop science fiction stories that could inspire scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs).

How to Find Your Next Big Idea Hiding on the Internet

https://every.to/chain-of-thought/how-to-find-your-next-big-idea-hiding-on-the-internet

Check out the techniques that are applied. AI, Google, reviews, trends, spaces, subreddits, competition and decoding success.

How does less herbicide = fewer weeds + higher yields? Unique soil microbe might be an answer.  

https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/02/how-does-less-herbicide-fewer-weeds-higher-yields/?

Soil is an opportunity hotspot.

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