🔮 Metaverse, robots, decarbonisation, Civilisation, megacities, drones++ #ev287

I’m Azeem Azhar. I’ve convened Exponential View weekly over the past five years to help us understand how our societies and political economy will change under the force of rapidly accelerating technologies.

My latest observations:

• Ubiquitous disposable computing

  “The main point here, the wow point, is what happens when computation becomes as pervasive as this. Applying this low-cost compute to an analogue technology vastly improves the usability of an important product like this.”

• Trillion-dollar baby: The British government wants to fund and buy companies to create home-grown “trillion-dollar companies.” Is this the right approach? Thoughtful members’ discussion.

The near future

💌 A love letter to an algorithm. “Either we get our act together and define exacting controls on the use of machine learning for matters affecting people’s fates, or we will see a massive rejection of algorithmic technology.”

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