🔮 A faster transition; Vitalik; crypto in Africa; prediction markets, atoms, graphene ++ #364

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.

🎙This week on the podcast: The future of warfare is here

Three years ago, I discussed how technology is changing warfare with former commander of the UK’s Joint Forces Command, General Sir Richard Barrons. As war returns to Europe, I found it important to bring this conversation back to you. It is as relevant as ever, and will give you a helpful framework to think about Putin’s intentions and the West’s capabilities to secure peace. Listen to my conversation with General Sir Richard Barrons here.

The near future

📉 Faster, cheaper, cleaner, better
Learning curves – making things cheaper as we learn how to build them better – are the heart of the Exponential Age. This creates a fascinating flywheel. The faster you move to a new technology, the more rapidly that technology gets cheaper. (I discuss all this in chapter …