🔮 Fusion & AI; crypto critique; neutrino mass; micromobility++ #360

Hi, I’m Azeem Azhar. I convene Exponential View to help us understand how our societies and political economy will change under the force of rapidly accelerating technologies.

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🎙This week on the podcast

This week, I sat down with Horace Dediu, the world’s leading expert on micromobility – urban travel in vehicles like electric bikes and scooters. The market for those vehicles is growing rapidly as the world’s population continues to urbanise. Horace talks me through how the proliferation of small vehicles could make our cities greener and more liveable – and how big tech firms like Apple and Meta might lean into the trend.

🎧 You can listen to our conversation here or read a full transcript.

The near future

🇨🇦 Oh, Canada!
I’ve found the recent events in Canada to be quite astounding. The use of emergency powers