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💡 How Jeff Bezos used the Optimist's Edge
Something called the internet was growing at 2300 percent per year. But it was dismissed as a fad. Jeff Bezos used Optimist's Edge to make a life-changing decision. You can do that too.
🚀 A new era: Before and after Starship
Not only is a new space age being initiated, but possibly a new era for humanity.
💡 Premium Supporter recap + fact-based optimistic news
💉 Fewer child deaths, thanks to new vaccine. 🛰️ Satellite to monitor air pollution in near real-time. 🤖 WALL-Y: ChaosGPT's comical quest for world domination.
💡 Musings of The Angry Optimist: Bombing AI labs and crashing the Universe
Bomb AI labs and AI can crash the universe, say the AI alarmists. Even the pause-AI letter contains far-reaching alarmism.
🙈 Climate skeptics slow down progress
Here are two arguments for why we should transition to sustainability, that have nothing to do with climate change.
💡 Premium Supporter recap + fact-based optimistic news
💉 New vaccine technology can provide better cancer treatment and increased survival rate. 🌕 The four astronauts who will go around the Moon. 🧠 New gel offers hope for brain tissue regeneration. And - an AI pause is a bad idea.
😰 The Pattern of Technology Panic
Technology panics also follow Gartner's hype curve, and in the worst case, they can initiate ill-considered bans and restrictions, writes Waldemar Ingdahl.
🤖 Max Tegmark shows why Max Tegmark is wrong about AI
Professor Max Tegmark almost predicted the last years of AI development. But he got one thing wrong, which undermines his argument about the dangers of AI.
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🐶 More dog years for your best friend. 🏆 Your idea could be the next XPRIZE.