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Mathias Sundin 4 min read

πŸ’‘ Warp News #321

🌳 Rainforest wildlife returns to abandoned farmland. πŸ’‰ New vaccine reduced Lyme disease cases by 70 percent. πŸ“ˆ Access to basic commodities has increased by more than 500 percent since 1980.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

πŸ’‘ Warp News #320

πŸͺ± Hookworm vaccine reduces infection. 🀰 Maternal mortality declining. 🦾 Startups that learned to use AI correctly generated 1.9 times higher revenue.

Mathias Sundin 3 min read

πŸ’‘ Warp News #319

🏫 327 million more children – a 30 percent increase – are in school today compared to 2000. β˜€οΈ Solar cells reach 130 percent energy conversion – more energy out than in. πŸŒ” Artemis 2 astronauts flew past the moon β€” set new distance record.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

πŸ’‘ Warp News #318

🌲 Europe's forests are growing. 😺 The number of cats euthanized in American shelters has decreased by 75 percent in ten years. πŸ“‘ AI scientist produces increasingly better papers – and an AI system can review them as well as humans.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

πŸ’‘ Warp News #317

πŸ’£ Terrorism deaths at lowest level since 2007. πŸ§’ Global child mortality has decreased by 60 percent since 1990. πŸ“‘ 28 climate policies that work in all countries

Mathias Sundin 3 min read

πŸ’‘ Warp News #316

🚭 Americans who smoke has dropped to a historic low. 🏠 Americans have tripled their living space. πŸ’“ People who practice empathy with AI get better at showing compassion.

Mathias Sundin 3 min read

πŸ’‘ Warp News #315

πŸ“‰ UK emissions at lowest level since 1872. ⛓️ Forced labor has nearly disappeared in the world. πŸ‘οΈ Small chip in the eye restores sight to the blind.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

πŸ’‘ Warp News #314

🌊 The Soviet Union drained the Aral Sea – now it's filling up again. 🍻 GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic reduce risk of substance abuse and addiction. 🦾 Humanoid robots get AI brain and are put to work in car factories.

Mathias Sundin 3 min read

πŸ’‘ Warp News #313

🀧 A nasal spray vaccine colds. ⏲️ New world record – fusion reactor held plasma stable for 22 minutes. πŸŽ™οΈ Kevin Kelly and Dan Pink launch podcast about best possible future scenarios.