📈 Human Progress
In the last decades humanity has made great progress with less extreme poverty, increased health, wealth and democracy. We follow in the tradition of professor Hans Rosling.
🔥 The size of the world's fires has decreased by 25 percent
Between 2003 and 2019, the size of the world's fires decreased by 25 percent, according to NASA.
⛓️ First political candidate to put pledges on the blockchain
Faruk Okcetin is a candidate for County Commissioner in Wake County, Raleigh, North Carolina. He is now the first candidate ever to put his campaign pledges on the blockchain, so the voters easily can keep him accountable.
🌿 Peace Agreement in Sudan
The transitional government in Sudan is continuing to work on its reforms. The latest milestone concerns a peace agreement between the country's warring parties.
🌏 China will not dominate the world unless it becomes a democracy
How can democratic countries compete with a China that just commands forward innovation? But real breakthrough innovation can not be created in a closed system. A democratic China would be great for the Chinese - and for human progress and innovation.
🐹 Effective nature conservation has saved 28 animal species from extinction
Conservation of the environment, new legislation and better control of invasive species have saved several endangered species from total extinction.
⤴️ The Warp Effect curves humanity's progress
Innovation = ideas + technology. The more ideas and the easier they spread the better technology. The better technology the easier it is to spread ideas. They drive each other and the curve of humanity warps.
🧠 Neuralink is the next natural step for humanity
All through human history, we have used technology to evolve. The next step is to connect our brains directly to computers, which will help humanity take a giant leap forward.
📱 Millions of mobile phones warning of earthquakes
Android phones can act as small seismographs, detect earthquakes and send quick alerts to anyone who may be affected.
👩💻 The internet's third era
The internet's first era was open platforms. In the second era huge, more closed, companies were built on top of those platforms. Now when we enter the third era, we can again create a more open internet.