🙄 Are optimists naive? No, but the pessimists are
Contrary to popular belief, it is the pessimists that are naive, not the optimists. Despite tremendous progress for humanity, they think that this progress will suddenly end, without any reason. That is irrational and foolish.
⛓️ PayPal accepts bitcoin and other digital currencies
PayPal customers will be able to hold blockchain based cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum in their digital wallets.
🥩 Grows steak in space - that we also can eat on Earth
A steak produced in space - without killing a cow. Does that sound like science fiction? Well, now it's science fact.
🚘 Autonomous vehicles take a step forward
Within a couple of weeks, three companies have announced important steps in the quest for self-driving cars. Tesla launched a beta test of their autonomous technology. Waymo opens up its driverless taxi service to the public in Phoenix, Arizona. And Cruise is doing the same thing in San Francisco.
Alexandra Kafka Larsson: My vision is a world where decisions are based on data - with respect to everyone's differences
She is a former intelligence officer, who now works as Chief Information Architect at Combitech. AI and VR are the technologies that will do the most good for humanity in the future, she believes.
💡 Tips from Warp News: Musk on Mars & why degrowth won't save our planet
Daniel Yergin's latest book, Wright's Law, first videos of Tesla's Full-Self Driving beta, Musk's latest Mars update, Andrew McAfee on growth and the environment plus you campaign slogan for 2020.
📹 First videos of Tesla's Full-Self Driving beta - see the revolution
Excited Tesla owners test the Full-Self Driving beta software. The roll-out will provide Tesla with lots of data that it will use to upgrade and make the software better continually.
💡 The Optimist's Edge
What important truth do very few people agree with you on? In the answer lies a big opportunity. Because revolutionary ideas and global business ideas are usually not found in what is already mainstream. The fact-based optimist has this advantage because they can easily answer the question.
🛰️ NASA touches down on asteroid and collects dust to understand the origin of our Solar System
OSIRIS-REx briefly touched the surface of asteroid Bennu, and during that time collected dust samples that will be returned to Earth. Bennu is 4,5 billion years old so scientist hopes it can help us understand the origin of our Solar System.