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The Population Bomb Has Been Defused

March 18, 2018

The Earth and humanity will survive as fertility rates fall almost everywhere.

Some of the most spectacularly wrong predictions in history have been made by those who claim that overpopulation is going to swamp the planet. Thomas Malthus, a British economist writing in the late 1700s, is the most famous of these. Extrapolating past trends into the future, he predicted that population growth would inevitably swamp available food resources, leading to mass starvation. That didn’t happen — we continued to develop new technologies that let us stay ahead of the reaper.

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Business, Employment, Latest Trend

Five trends for HR in 2018

March 4, 2018

Employment models are under strain like never before. There’s an increasing disconnect between employees and the traditional company hierarchy, piling pressure on HR to create more agile and productive working environments.

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Blockchain, Business, Crypto-Technology, Latest Trend

7 facts you didn’t know about blockchain

March 3, 2018

It could transform how we track nearly every transaction.

You may have heard the term “blockchain” used when people talk about cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. If you’re unsure of what it means, think of blockchains as ledgers that keep track of transactions. In the case of bitcoin, the blockchain is a record of financial transactions between parties. The blockchain is decentralized, meaning that no one is in charge of it, and the data isn’t owned or stored by any one company, but rather dispersed across many computers.

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AI, Artificial Intelligence, Future, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News, Shopping, Technological Unemployment

Unexpected ways that Artificial Intelligence will change your life in the next ten years

March 1, 2018

The future of artificial intelligence is both exciting and terrifying. It’s development will have an impact on your life over the next ten years, in more ways than one. While yes, it will have many positive impacts, The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence report recently warned that artificial intelligence could also be exploited by criminals and terrorists for negative use. We know, pretty scary stuff, right?

We wanted to delve a little deeper into the future of AI, so we spoke to some experts working in the industry about how it’s expected to affect your dating, work and personal life very soon…

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App, Big Problems, facebook, Google, Latest Trend, New Viewpoints

Dawn of the techlash

February 21, 2018

Once seen as saviours of democracy, tech giants are now viewed as threats to truth. But how did our faith in all things digital turn into an erosion of trust, particularly in the arena of information and politics?

Mark Zuckerberg: ‘Facebook was built to accomplish a social mission – to make the world more open and connected.’

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Bitcoin, Blockchain, Economy, Latest Trend

Making a crypto utopia in Puerto Rico

February 21, 2018

Brock Pierce inside the former Children’s Museum in Old San Juan, P.R., which he and his colleagues hope to make part of a crypto utopia where the money is virtual and the contracts are all public.

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Big Problems, Business, Economy, Employment, Latest Trend

Where are the startups? Loss of dynamism is impeding growth

February 20, 2018

A solar panel factory in Hillsboro, Ore. A decline in business formation has contributed to a flattening of the labor supply.

Can the market economy still deliver prosperity?

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Analysis, Bitcoin, government, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Before and after the nation state

February 7, 2018

I’ve been thinking about the connections between the rise of Bitcoin and the unraveling of the EU (Brexit), Spain (Catalan), the Middle East and presumably more countries and regions to come (what Juan Enriquez calls “Untied States” in his book of that name).

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Business, Employment, Latest Trend

4 signs that freelancing isn’t working for you

February 6, 2018

It’s easy to see the appeal of freelancing. You control who you work with, and the projects you take on. You may have even gone into freelancing with the perception that you would have so much more freedom and flexibility. That’s exactly why between 20-30% of the working-age population in the United States and the EU-15, pick up some independent work.

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Analysis, City Planning, Computer Security, government, Latest Trend

Smart city resilience: Digitally empowering cities to survive, adapt, and thrive

February 6, 2018

In the age of the smart city, leaders must adapt their resilience strategy to match their evolving risk profile—otherwise they risk building a smarter but more fragile city.

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Analysis, Business, Drone, drones, Latest Trend

10 drone stats that will blow you away

February 4, 2018

The global drone market is enjoying explosive growth. Unmanned aerial vehicle technology is reshaping major industries and creating new ones. In all, drone-powered solutions are projected to have demand that reaches into the tens of billions of dollars.

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Analysis, China, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

China now publishes more research than the U.S.- a shift in global influence?

January 31, 2018

In 2016, for the first time ever, China published more scientific papers in one year than the U.S. did. This could suggest that the balance is beginning to shift in terms of each country’s global scientific influence.

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