Seven Revolutions

New tech will make the privacy vs convenience debate increasingly complicated to navigate. From : MIT's wearable device can 'hear' the words you say in your head

MIT's wearable device can 'hear' the words you say in your head Researchers built a device that detects subvocalization signals with electrodes and turns them into words using AI.

Sci-fi material science just made he mainstream: super material for strength, super-capacitance, and now... hair dye: graphene.

Graphene Hair Dye Is Coming, And It Looks Incredible The wonder material’s latest trick? Dying hair without damaging it.

Italy's election today shows populism is alive and well: "In Sunday’s vote, early results showed, the parties that did well all shared varying degrees of Euroskepticism..." Many voters supported an Italy-first agenda. https://buff.ly/2FdO6vR

Near-term benefits, long-term impacts, externalities, and the difficulty of having a conversation about social consequences of economic activity.

Perspective | Growing the economy in the future means talking about consequences today Politics shouldn't have any thing to do with it.

A new report looks at the impacts of demography, conflict, and governance in a pivotal region of the world.

Losing in Every Direction: The Arab Game of Thrones History is never particularly merciful, especially in the case of failed leaders. One cannot help but wonder therefore, how will future generations of Arabs judge their current leaders? How will they judge their leaders’ focus on personal power and regime survival, on choosing one group of nationa...

White House requests 72% less funding for clean energy research.

White House seeks 72 percent cut to clean energy research, underscoring administration’s preference for fossil fuels Document also suggests substantial cuts to Energy Department staffing

India's 340 million smart phone users are re-shaping internet use, and starting unexpected trends. People in India are freezing their smartphones by sending too many “good morning” messages

People in India are freezing their smartphones by sending too many “good morning” messages Google believes the solution to the "good morning" madness is its new app, Files Go, which chooses specific files for possible deletion.

When all of your worlds collide: virtual reality zombie games of the future.

They Have Seen the Future, and It’s Wasting Zombies at the Arcade Virtual reality, long-promised, is finally gaining traction in New York video boutiques. But is there more to VR than just games?

Cape Town is showing us one potential water future. It's 4 million residents have less than 90 days of water.

Cape Town Is 90 Days Away From Running Out of Water "Day zero" is forecast to be April 22

It looks like Google is trying to be the Google for AI--making it easier for anyone to build their own AI algorithms.

Google Sells A.I. for Building A.I. (Novices Welcome) With a new cloud-computing service, businesses can build their own artificial intelligence algorithms, even if they have little experience with the technology.

What role should companies play in the future? BlackRock just gave a $6 trillion answer.

BlackRock’s Message: Contribute to Society, or Risk Losing Our Support Laurence Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock, the $6 trillion investment firm, plans to tell C.E.O.s in a letter that businesses must serve a social purpose.

What is the world order, and how will mega trends and individual choices lead to changes that will impact your future? Long piece, but worth a read War on the Rocks.

Re-Imagining the World: Reflections on the Future of World Order - War on the Rocks In Washington and other friendly capitals, there is increasing concern about the state of liberal world order. There is a sense that the rules and institut