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Content in the future, fungi, Africa, folklore, AI, reimagining the C-suite, the right to be forgotten, building, digital twining, genetically modified trees, and reverse ageing.
Study digital twinning.
Unveiling The Mind-Blowing Content Trends Of 2050: An Investigative Adventure Into The Future Of Content Creation
See https://www.ronimmink.com/book-in-8-days/. Own your own content.
Long-Lived Fungi Have Evolved a Way to Cheat Death For Centuries
https://www.sciencealert.com/long-lived-fungi-have-evolved-a-way-to-cheat-death-for-centuries?
Long-lived fungi are the latest organisms to go under the microscope in search of new understandings as to why they don’t accrue life-limiting mutations, given their age.
Can Africa deliver on its ambitious digital transformation goal?
The opportunity is enormous
How Folklore Goes Digital
https://www.return.life/p/how-folklore-goes-digital?
The power of story telling. Read https://www.ronimmink.com/leadership-is-storytelling/
Josh Wolfe on Where Investors Will Make Money in AI
https://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/odd-lots/id1056200096?i=1000621364512
On this episode, they speak with Josh Wolfe, co-founder of Lux Capital, who has been investing in the space for several years, long before it was trendy.
Is It Time to Reimagine the C-Suite?
From CEO to CIO (Chief Inquiry Officer). Focussing on asking the right questions.
Right to be Forgotten laws must extend to generative AI, say researchers
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-forgotten-laws-generative-ai.html?
AI is making this even more complex.
How Builders Think
https://every.to/p/the-builder-s-mindset
Everything is a project. Read https://www.ronimmink.com/the-project-revolution-and-its-impact-on-business/
What is digital-twin technology?
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-explainers/what-is-digital-twin-technology?
McKinsey research indicates that 70 percent of C-suite technology executives at large enterprises are already exploring and investing in digital twins.
CRISPR breeds greener poplar trees
https://www.futurity.org/poplar-trees-crispr-sustainability-wood-fibers-2944552-2/?
Researchers used a CRISPR gene-editing system to breed poplar trees with reduced levels of lignin, the major barrier to sustainable production of wood fibers, while improving their wood properties.
Harvard/MIT scientists claim new “chemical cocktails” can reverse aging
https://futurism.com/neoscope/harvard-mit-scientists-claim-chemical-cocktails-reverse-aging
It would be a seismic shift not just for human health, but potentially the entire planet’s demographics, social dynamics, and environmental impact.
