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Big ideas for 2017

December 28, 2016
In this era of maximum disruption and its twin, brilliant innovation, the opportunities and the challenges for businesses, utilities and industries of every stripe are enormous.
As we pause for a break to reflect on the year that’s been, it’s also a time to look to the future and imagine what it looks like.

We canvassed eight super-smart leaders from a broad spectrum, including avionics, mental health, energy, carbon markets, research and academia and asked them the same two questions:
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    Five Coolest Things On Earth This Week

    Tomas Kellner
    September 09, 2016
    Spiders’ webs aren’t just deadly insect traps but also sophisticated information networks, Costa Rica has been running on renewable electricity for 76 days straight, and researchers in Belgium and the U.S. have assembled the first genetic tree of beer. Cheers to science, but do read on!
     

     

    The Itsy Bitsy Spider’s Web Is A Sophisticated Information Network, Scientists Say
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    How CSIRO and GE are shaping our future

    July 14, 2016
    CSIRO and GE share common goals: to shape the future and deliver solutions that make a difference. Both organisations are rapidly harnessing digital technologies to enable new approaches and momentous discovery through data mining. At the same time, digitisation is driving organisational transformation at the national science agency and the multinational corporation alike.
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    How a Three Hour Flight Changed Myanmar

    May 27, 2016
    By Jaiden Coonan
    Two hours and fifty-four minutes. That’s how long it took a plane to fly from Yangon, Myanmar to Singapore in August 2015. A short flight by some standards, it was barely long enough to watch a movie or read a magazine. Although it may not seem like much, this flight was a historic moment for Myanmar.
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    Ian Bremmer: 3 Risks Poised to Disrupt a Fast-Changing World by 2021

    Ian Bremmer Eurasia Group
    March 29, 2016

    The forces of technological change and geopolitical decentralization are set to transform the world over the next five years. Here are the three biggest risks to watch.

     

    We spend a significant amount of time looking at the year ahead at Eurasia Group. But given how quickly the world is changing — especially when the absence of global leadership means considerably more geopolitical conflict — I thought it would be useful to look further out on the horizon.

    Here are the top three risks I see coming down the pike for the coming five years:

     
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    5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

    Tomas Kellner
    February 11, 2016
    A number of people, including reportedly Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams, have had their corpses frozen in the hope that they can be revived in the future. This process, called cryopreservation, presents many challenges, chief among them keeping the delicate structure of the brain intact. But that may be changing. Our haul this week includes that story, plus tales of the world’s fastest data line, gravity waves and more.
    A Homerun For Ted Williams?
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    Business Insider: GE CEO Says Let’s End The Debate Over Whether We Are In A Tech Bubble

    Tomas Kellner
    December 09, 2015
    In his piece in Business Insider, Jeff Immelt, GE chairman and CEO, called for an end to the debate over whether we were in a tech bubble. “I believe that this is shortsighted and rooted in the belief that at some point the tech industry must undergo the same unfortunate ‘burst’ as in 2000,” Immelt wrote.
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    Steve Gullans: To Be Human Is To Adapt

    Steve Gullans Managing Director Excel Venture Management
    November 12, 2015

    The pace of innovation may be accelerating, but our ability to adapt to the latest technologies remains undeterred.

     

    Technology is not an obstacle to humanity. Humans evolve — behaviorally, physically, morally, biologically.

    Over many millennia, humans migrated around the globe adapting to changing climates, predators, foods, pathogens, rival tribes and countless obstacles and opportunities. To be human is to adapt.
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    Stuart Armstrong: Will Artificial Intelligence Destroy Humanity?

    Dr Stuart Armstrong James Martin Research Fellow At The Future Of Humanity Institute Oxford University
    October 02, 2015

    Unless we have clear evidence that artificially intelligent beings we create pose no threat, we need to seriously consider the risk.

     

    Will a Democrat or a Republican win the 2040 U.S. election? Will Google be remembered positively or negatively in 2090? Will humans create new universes by 3002?
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    Loco love: Sensing innovation coming down the tracks

    September 24, 2015
    “Beast strike” doesn’t happen all that often as kilometres-long iron-ore trains snake their way from mine to port in Western Australia’s searing Pilbara heat, but it’s something you don’t forget quickly if you’re in the cabin at the time.
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