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Mathias Sundin 2 min read

πŸ§’πŸΏ UN: Historic milestone as the number of child deaths falls below 5 million for the first time

Since 2000, the global under-five mortality rate has more than halved. Several low- and lower-middle-income countries have surpassed the global decline, with some reducing child mortality by more than two-thirds.

Mathias Sundin 2 min read

πŸš€ Starship takes another step forward, reaches orbit velocity

SpaceX's revolutionary new spacecraft, Starship, took another step forward in its latest test flight. For the first time, it reached orbital velocity.

Mathias Sundin 2 min read

🦐 Discovery of 100 new marine species in New Zealand

A team of researchers has discovered at least one hundred new marine species in the Bounty Trough off the south coast of New Zealand. The expedition found dozens of molluscs, three fish, a shrimp, and a predatory squid.

Mathias Sundin 2 min read

πŸ’‘ Musings of the Angry Optimist: A robot with ChatGPT

A robot that can pick up trash, while reasoning why it chose to give a human an apple. The robot Figure One uses ChatGPT to talk and listen, while performing physical tasks.

WALL-Y 2 min read

🧬 Reviving the mammoth is getting closer

Colossal Biosciences has succeeded in creating elephant cells that can be reprogrammed into various cell types, including those required to create a mammoth. This success opens new possibilities for research around extinct species and the conservation of endangered species.

WALL-Y 2 min read

🌝 Interlune aims to extract helium-3 on the moon

The company has raised 15 million dollars to finance its operations. Helium-3 has potential for use in quantum computers and medical imaging, as well as fuel in fusion reactors.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

πŸ’‘ Warp News #224

πŸ“‰ India has eliminated extreme poverty. πŸ₯” Genetically modified potatoes eliminate the need for pesticides. 🌱 Scientists have developed a method to transform salty soil into fertile farmland.

WALL-Y 2 min read

πŸ₯” Genetically modified potatoes increase yields and eliminate the need for pesticides

Scientists have tested genetically modified potatoes that show promising results in combating late blight, a disease that causes significant crop losses. In field trials, the GMO potato variety Vic.172 showed total resistance to late blight, potentially reducing the need for pesticides.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

🦾 AI will not lead to mass unemployment (but something much bigger will happen)

Economics professor David Autor disputes the AI experts who believe that AI will lead to mass unemployment.

WALL-Y 2 min read

πŸ“‰ India has eliminated extreme poverty (and increased economic equality)

India has eradicated all extreme poverty, according to the international poverty line of 1.9 dollars per day. This is partly thanks to a growth rate of 2.9 percent per year since 2011-12. At the same time, economic inequality has significantly decreased in both urban and rural areas.

WALL-Y 1 min read

πŸ’΅ JPMorgan reduces manual labor by 90 percent thanks to AI

The tool, named Cash Flow Intelligence, is already used by about 2,500 customers. AI technology has the potential to shorten workweeks and contribute to medical advances, according to JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon.

WALL-Y 1 min read

🌱 Scientists have developed a method to transform salty soil into fertile farmland

The treatment involves burying crop stalks underground and covering them with plastic to retain soil moisture. China, ranked as the third-largest country with salt-alkali soil, sees potential in applying this technique to a third of these lands.

WALL-Y 2 min read

🩺 Kry achieves profitability thanks to AI

By introducing generative AI into its processes, Kry has significantly increased its internal efficiency. The administrative time around each patient-doctor meeting has been reduced by approximately 30 percent.

Mathias Sundin 7 min read

☠️ One year after the near-death experience: How are things going?

A year ago, we were close to dying. But we are clearly still here. But how are we doing and how are things going?

Mathias Sundin 3 min read

πŸ’‘ Warp News #223

πŸ“‰ Emissions from new cars have halved. πŸ”‹ Battery price wars: Prices reach record lows. πŸ€– Klarna's new AI assistant does the same job as 700 people. πŸ¦‘ One hundred new species discovered.


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πŸ“š Top Reads

We're honored to present these top reads from world-class writers, who contribute to Warp News because they believe in our mission of spreading fact-based optimism all over the world.

Mathias Sundin 7 min read

πŸ†™ Warp Levels - an idea to level up humanity

Humanity is doing the high jump without a bar. We have no goal. With Warp Levels, we determine what the next level for humanity should contain, so we can level up and make progress faster.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

πŸ“š Kevin Kelly: Focus on the biggest opportunities, not the biggest problems

We talk about some of the 450 advice in his new book, but also about his new project: Protopia - the hundred-year desirable future. And Kevin Kelly give advice for how Warp News should grow faster: "Wrap it around people and their dreams."

Mathias Sundin 5 min read

πŸ’‘ A new mindset for humanity can impact billions of people now and in the future

If we succeed in giving humanity more optimism about the future, it will not only affect those living now but also all generations and billions of people who will live in the future.

Mathias Sundin 10 min read

πŸ’° Wall Street legend: β€œPessimists sound smart – optimists make money”

Jim O'Shaughnessy is a legendary investor on Wall Street. He shares what he thinks is the biggest opportunity for the future and explains how the world is going through a great reshuffle.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

πŸ”‹ Northvolt and the benefit of understanding the future

The story of Peter Carlsson and Northvolt teaches us two lessons: You need to understand the future to see all the possibilities, and you must be a fact-based optimist to grab them.

David Deutsch 13 min read

πŸ’‘ David Deutsch: Optimism, Pessimism and Cynicism

With so much progress in the world, how can pessimism still be widespread? It is because of cynicism, denying that β€œso-called-progress” is progress, argues David Deutsch, professor at Oxford University and one of the world's leading intellectuals on optimism.