Tag: science
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In the future, we’re all going to be shopping on video apps like TikTok. Whether you’re buying instant noodles or high-end sweaters, it has become increasingly clear that short video… more ›
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One of the defining characteristics in an industrial revolution is the fundamental shift from a bespoke, artisan process to an industrialized, engineerable, repeatable one. https://a16z.com/2019/11/19/ai-industrializing-discovery-biology-healthcare/ more ›
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I’ve heard that in the future computerized AIs will become so much smarter than us that they will take all our jobs and resources, and humans will go extinct. Is… more ›
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Bruno Rodriguez is only 18, but he has seen enough in his time on Earth to know that he must to do something for the planet. Inspired by the student… more ›
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Though they’ve spent the last few years focusing on the intersection between agriculture and technology, Xiaowei R Wang‘s resume of working with tech in China is long and varied. https://radiichina.com/beyond-techno-orientalism-an-interview-with-logic-magazines-xiaowei-r-wang/ more ›
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With poetry, moments of silence and speeches, officials and activists in Iceland have bade goodbye to the country’s first glacier lost to climate change. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/iceland-bids-farewell-glacier-lost-climate-change-190818162956810.html more ›
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It’s going to be illegal in California to sell consumers “gene therapy kits” unless they carry a warning that says not to use them on yourself. Just one wrinkle: we’re… more ›
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Biology is the new tech. https://airmail.news/issues/2019-7-27/should-the-rich-be-allowed-to-buy-the-best-genes more ›
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The summer I was eighteen, I visited a parking lot forty-five minutes north of town and got behind the wheel for what I hoped would be the first real rite… more ›
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“Attention,” a voice began to call, and it was as though an oboe had suddenly become articulate. “Attention,” it repeated in the same high, nasal monotone. “Attention. https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/becoming-digital/273079/phenological-mismatch/ more ›