🔮 Fake news; drones & Ukraine; stange space; memory DNA++ #366

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.

🎙My latest conversation

I’ve been fascinated by the prospects of nuclear fission as a source of energy for decades. This week, I spoke with Troels Schönfeldt of Seaborg Technologies: the startup that is building compact nuclear reactors on barges to deliver energy wherever it’s needed the most. Seaborg’s approach is based on the fundamentals of physics and chemistry, meaning that safety is baked into the physics and chemistry of its reactors. The reactor cannot melt down or explode. It operates at atmospheric temperatures and does not produce explosive gases. You can read the notes from this episode here.

The near future

🤔 Fake fake news
Has the proliferation of news, especially on digital platforms, led to a more ignorant, polarised and susceptible citizenry? No, according to research from the Reuters Institute fo…