💡 Premium Supporter recap + fact-based optimistic news
🧠 Paralysed man walks again. 🚗 New test: 81 miles increased range for electric cars. 🧭 New study: Morality not in decline. 🦾 Marc Andreessen in strong comeback against AI doomers (summarized).
Share this story!
💡 Think long term, act now
I had a nice chat with Oxford philosopher, Will MacAskill, when he was in Sweden this week to promote his book, What We Owe the Future.
I mentioned Kevin Kelly's next project, The hundred year desirable future. MacAskill really got going when I asked him to envision the future he wanted for humanity.
I'll try to get the interview out to you next week.
Mathias Sundin
The Angry Optimist
News and articles
No login is required to read them.
🔋 The first prototype of the Energy Society will be built here
In Lund, in the south of Sweden, the first prototype for the Energy Society will be built and is expected to be operational next year.
💡 Optimist's Edge: Prize competitions accelerate innovation
💡 Prize competitions accelerate innovation by both crowdsourcing ideas and financing.
Fact-based optimistic news of the week
🧠 Trailblazing brain implants: Paralysed man walks again and Neuralink receives FDA approval for human trials
A 40-year-old Dutch man, paralysed in a cycling accident, has regained the ability to walk with the help of innovative electronic brain implants.
🚢 New 'Battery Tanker' to transport clean energy by sea
The advent of Battery Tankers could lead to offshore wind farms being set up in areas where undersea cable deployment was previously challenging.
🚗 New test: 81 miles increased range for electric cars
15 of the cars managed over 311 miles (500 km), compared to only five three years ago. Tesla Model S won with 417 miles (672 km).
🧭 New study: Morality not in decline
Most people believe morality is on the decline. But data shows no change in everyday morality over several decades. It might even be the opposite.
🦾 Marc Andreessen in strong comeback against AI doomers (summarized)
Netscape and Andreessen Horowitz co-founder in the first comprehensive pushback against the AI doomerism. Marc Andreessen is among six inductees in the World Wide Web Hall of Fame.
By becoming a premium supporter, you help in the creation and sharing of fact-based optimistic news all over the world.
