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Innovation and society, abundance as a business model, augmented shoes, accelerated computing, Wallmart, social media companies getting sued for damages, paint, holidays, strategy and scenario planning and quantum entanglement.
Time to pick up the I Ching over the weekend
Innovation and Its Discontents
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/innovation-discontents-technology?
Societies Get the Technology They Deserve
Scaling abundance
https://www.diamandis.com/blog/scaling-abundance
Read https://www.ronimmink.com/design-a-business-model-based-on-abundance/
‘Moonwalkers’: These AI-powered strap-on shoes can make you walk three times faster
Electrics, robotics, augmentation and AI all in one.
General-purpose computing isn’t going anywhere
https://www.runtime.news/general-purpose-computing-isnt-going-anywhere/?
Accelerated computing will soon displace general-purpose computing
Walmart’s AI push prioritizes customer experience, personalization
https://www.retaildive.com/news/walmart-AI-customer-experience/691263/?
Ultimately, the power of generative AI or any technology is only as good as the data that powers it.
Reimagining Our High-Tech World
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/reimagining_our_high_tech_world?
Earlier this year, Seattle Public Schools became the first school district to sue social media companies, arguing that Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube are contributing to the nation’s surging youth mental-health crisis and should be held accountable
Colorful paints could slash heating and cooling energy use
By reflecting infrared heat, these new paints could could keep buildings cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter without using energy. Imagine nano paint.
How climate change will hit holidaymaking
https://www.economist.com/business/2023/08/24/how-climate-change-will-hit-holidaymaking?
Climate change is destroying southern Europe. If things continue like this, these holiday destinations will have no future in the long term.
The case for scenario planning.
Quantum ‘yin-yang’ shows two photons being entangled in real-time
Coincidence?