Why is Wood so Expensive Right Now?
We may think of lumber as being a renewable resource, but it’s not nearly as responsive to spikes in demand as we’d really like it to be.
We may think of lumber as being a renewable resource, but it’s not nearly as responsive to spikes in demand as we’d really like it to be.
Despite real limitations, AI chatbots provide a much-needed platform for open communication and self-expression.
This video script explains how the power of distributed computing can be used to help mankind outside of blockchain technology.
Banking is social infrastructure, and is intimately dependent upon public support and regulation. To that extent, public banking is not ‘extreme’ or an ‘aberration’. To the contrary, it restores banking to its proper role as a tool of public development.
It is likely that not just one but several of the competing COVID-19 vaccines will be shown to be safe and effective by the end of 2020.
With clean energy tech evolving rapidly, the strangling grip of the fossil fuel industry on our economy never more obvious, and the ominous shadow of climate change bearing down on humanity, the time is prime for radical change.
“It’s not politicians that can solve problems. They have no technical capabilities. They don’t know how to solve problems. Even if they were sincere they don’t know how to solve problems. It’s the technicians that produce the desalination plants. It’s the technicians that give you electricity, that give you motor vehicles, that heat your house …
The Robots are coming! The Robots are coming! But, whose robots? Stephen Hawking wrote: “If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed. Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine owners …
Rohan Grey is the special guest for the March 25th call at 9 pm EDT/6 pm PDT. His topic is The Politics of Digital Currency.