Archive - Future Potentialis

35 Thoughts on the consequences and impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic #1

Welcome to Future Potentialis #1

Apr 4, 2020 •

Vegans vs. carnivores #5

An unemotional attempt to list the pros and cons of eating animal products

Jun 1, 2020 •

"Genocide is only obvious in hindsight" #10

Can we extrapolate lessons from the Khmer Rouge period to find real-time evidence of atrocities in Xinjiang?

Sep 20, 2020 •

The Future of Food #6

With precision fermentation food will be built from the molecule up.

Jun 28, 2020 •

The Future of Search #8

Can GPT-3 or ontology-based Cyc bring about the Semantic Web and solve semantic search?

Jul 31, 2020 •

A case for optimism #4

Everything that is not against the laws of physics is possible. Failure is just a lack of knowledge.

May 18, 2020 •

The secure future of your personal belongings #7

How Bluetooth paired with an anonymous Uber-like interface could drastically reduce bicycle and mobile phone theft.

Jul 14, 2020 •

A survey of the generative AI landscape

An analysis of the capabilities and limitations of AI tools and an exploration of its productive use.

Dec 31, 2022 •

Moving knowledge forward faster #11

How can we bring the right ideas to the right people and expand the reach of existing solutions across disciplines?

Mar 15, 2021 •

A fully decarbonized electric system #9

A super-grid could deliver inexpensive, high capacity, low loss transmission and change our geopolitical landscape.

Aug 20, 2020 •

How much is one human life worth? #2

The UN sees equal value in every single life. In times of Covid-19 this premise is challenged.

Apr 19, 2020 •

Doing good with a billion dollars #3

It's more complicated than you think.

May 3, 2020 •

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