Mexican cab drivers don't buy electric vehicles because they suddenly care about the environment. In most emerging markets, the lowest hanging environmental improvement fruit is eradicating the pervasive litter strewn about. That's an education ...
Of the 313 million surgical procedures undertaken worldwide each year, only 6% occur in the poorest countries, where over a third of the world's population lives. That factoid is from a great report by The Lancet which postulates that democratized ...
The ability for artificial intelligence (AI) to improve itself with no assistance (also called recursive learning) is the most powerful concept imaginable. That will lead us to artificial general intelligence (AGI) which could pivot mankind into an ...
Remember synthetic biology? It was a technology platform that would allow mankind to play God. Not long after Craig Venter created the first synthetic life form in 2010, synthetic biology darling Intrexxon went public making its prolific founder an ...
Space stocks have taken off on the back of both hype and substance. Investors don't even bat an eyelid at astronomical valuations for companies with a track record of broken promises longer than the Pacific Coast Trail (cough, $ASTS, cough). It's ...