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🧮 Facit and the peril of not understanding the future
In 1966 Pelé walked the streets of tiny Swedish town Åtvidaberg, as part of a global marketing campaign for the local multinational company Facit. But just six years later Facit was no more, swept away by a disruption in the market: electronic pocket calculators. How could they have missed this?
💡 Optimist's Edge Top 5
Optimist's Edge is the advantage fact-based optimists have, which gives them the superpower to be able to see opportunities before everyone else.
🖥️ Gordon Moore foresaw the future - and created it
With Moore's law you can predict what computers can do and help create the future.
📸 6D explains what happens to a product that is digitized
A physical product that becomes digital end up so cheap and accessible in its final stages that it becomes democratized.
🏛 Mushrooms - the next step in bio-building
It could soon be possible to obtain eco-sustainable buildings which in total are compostable, grow on their own are even able to repair themselves. Learn more about the special component in mushrooms.
👀 Conflict can be good - and a motor for success
Conflicts are not bad. With the right methods, conflicts can enrich our lives in plenty of ways. Kelly Odell gives his best tips for resolving conflicts successfully.
💡 Optimist's Edge: Curing cancer
Will we find cures for cancer? More than a third in Warp News survey think we will not. Get ready to dive in and get the facts on curing cancer.
😁 Costa Rica - the happiest and most ecofriendly place on earth?
Amazing things happen in Costa Rica. The country tops global rankings on happiness, has a very high number of centenarians and 99 percent of the country's energy is produced from renewables.
💸 Coming closer: Swedish e-krona
Electronic payments offer an unprecedented level of efficiency when it comes to tackling both money laundring and terrorism. Md Motiur Rahman writes about the launch of the Swedish e-krona which is coming closer...