I help organisations increase their value by making them future-fit. #Mindcandy scenario prompts are part of that. They are designed to stretch your imagination, sharpen situational awareness, and spark opportunity thinking. Find out more here.
Scenario prompt 23 September 2025
The future is no longer something you prepare for—it’s something you train for. Todays prompt is supercharging vinegar. Ancient remedy + nanotechnology.
I’m a huge fan of Nassim Taleb. He introduced me to the Lindy effect: if something has been true for thousands of years, chances are it will remain true for thousands more. That’s why many technology breakthroughs—quantum physics included—have roots in ancient wisdom.
When you study tech trends, you should also study Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, and Eastern philosophy.
The other #Mindcandy scenario prompts cover:
- Surviving disruption
- Origami devices
- Supercharging vinegar
- Solar coating
- Lab grown mini brains
- AI shopping assistant
- Privacy and blockchain
- Fusion
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.
Renewal reimagined: How bold organizations survive constant disruption
Gaining the competitive edge today requires innovating and adapting to a rapidly evolving external landscape.
Portable printer developed for fabrication of origami devices
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-portable-printer-fabrication-origami-devices.html
Origami-inspired three-dimensional (3D) devices are being developed, where a single sheet of material is folded into small devices. These devices are being developed for medical applications like stents or surgical tools; agricultural devices like soil-sensors; and efficient spacecraft radiators or solar arrays that are used in space technology
Nanoparticles supercharge vinegar’s old-fashioned wound healing power
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-nanoparticles-supercharge-vinegar-fashioned-wound.html
Research resulted in the ability to boost the natural bacterial killing qualities of vinegar by adding antimicrobial nanoparticles made from carbon and cobalt.
Scientists Create Clear Coating To Invisibly Turn Windows Into Solar Panels
Technically known as a “colorless and unidirectional diffractive-type solar concentrator” (CUSC), the coating directs some sunlight photons to the sides of the window panel where mounted photovoltaic cells convert them to electricity, while other light passes through.
Lab-Grown Mini-Brains Crack Mental Illness Code
https://scienceblog.com/lab-grown-mini-brains-crack-mental-illness-code/
Pea-sized brain organoids grown from patient cells have revealed, for the first time, the distinct electrical patterns that distinguish schizophrenia and bipolar disorder from healthy neural activity
Why the shopping search function will be rebuilt because of AI
https://www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025/09/10/why-the-search-function-will-be-rebuilt-because-of-ai
AI tools are becoming the new personal shoppers, stitching context, preferences, and product recommendations into one conversation. Full transparency and the end of brand loyalty
Why the need for privacy is driving a blockchain evolution
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/privacy-blockchain-evolution-data-cybersecurity-zama-fhe
The transformation of blockchain into a privacy-preserving system is not a betrayal of its origins, but rather a logical evolution of the tech.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems books a $1B+ power deal for its future fusion reactor
The power plant will be built outside of Richmond, Virginia, close to some of the highest densities of data centers in the country. The 400-megawatt fusion reactor, called Arc, is expected to open in the early 2030s.
