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Mar 8
2014

Artificial Intelligence could kill us all. Meet the man who takes that risk seriously

By Martin Bryant — The Next Web

Thinking about the end of the world is something that most people try to avoid; for others, it’s a profession. The Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford, UK specializes in looking at the ‘big-picture’ future of the human race, and notably, the risks that could wipe us out entirely.

As you’d probably imagine, the risks considered by the Institute include things like nuclear war and meteor strikes, but one perhaps unexpected area that it’s looking into is the potential threat posed by artificial intelligence. Could computers become so smart that they become our rivals, take all our jobs and eventually wipe us all out? This Terminator-style scenario used to seem like science fiction, but it’s starting to be taken seriously by those who watch the way technology is developing.

Feb 26
2014

A Telepresence RoboCop Piloted by Oculus Rift and Sensored Gloves

Written By: Jason Dorrier

Feb 24
2014

The Future of Scientific Management, Today!

LIST OF UPDATES (FEBRUARY 24 THROUGH MARCH 02/2014). By Mr. Andres Agostini at The Future of Scientific Management, Today! At http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC

Brain signals from a primate directly move paralyzed limbs in another primate ‘avatar’
http://www.kurzweilai.net/brain-signals-from-a-primate-direc…ate-avatar

Rice’s carbon nanotube fibers outperform copper
http://www.kurzweilai.net/rices-carbon-nanotube-fibers-outperform-copper

Single-chip device to provide real-time ultrasonic 3D images from inside the heart and blood vessels
http://www.kurzweilai.net/single-chip-device-to-provide-real…od-vessels

Researchers create powerful muscles from fishing line, sewing thread
http://www.kurzweilai.net/researchers-create-powerful-muscle…ing-thread

The Future of World and Technology in 2030
http://vivatechnics.com/global/the-future-of-world-and-technology-in-2030/

Grandma’s Experiences Leave a Mark on Your Genes
http://discovermagazine.com/2013/may/13-grandmas-experiences…wueOYVUOHd

Q&A with Martin Whist: Designing RoboCop’s Reboot
http://discovermagazine.com/2014/march/18-the-man-behind-robocops-reboot

Scientists Bring Extinct Mouth-Brooding Frog Back to Life After 30 Years
http://inhabitat.com/scientists-bring-extinct-mouth-brooding…-30-years/

Computer robots will outsmart humans within 15 years, Google director claims (and a giant laboratory for artificial intelligence is already planned)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2565948/Compu…anned.html

Microsoft Said to Cut Windows Price 70% to Counter Rivals
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-22/microsoft-s…ivals.html

Are the robots about to rise? Google’s new director of engineering thinks so…
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/22/robots-goo…telligence

5 Reasons Why Big Data Will Crush Big Research
http://www.forbes.com/sites/onmarketing/2013/12/03/5-reasons…-research/

Scientists ‘freeze’ light for an entire minute
http://themindunleashed.org/2014/02/scientists-freeze-light-…ign=buffer

Facebook will lose 80% of users by 2017, say Princeton researchers
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/22/facebook-p…us-disease

Stanford’s New Pomegranate Super Batteries Could Store 10 Times More Juice
http://inhabitat.com/stanfords-new-pomegranate-super-batteri…ore-juice/

Web Analytics Trends for 2014
http://www.atomrain.com/it/it/web-analytics-trends-2014

Bitcoin is not just digital currency. It’s Napster for finance.
http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2014/01/21/bitcoin-platform/

Did A Russian Scientist Really ‘Cure Aging’ or Is It Just a Fluke?
http://singularityhub.com/2010/09/21/did-a-russian-scientist…uke-video/

Map of the World key to full immersion in geospatial data
http://fcw.com/articles/2014/02/18/map-of-the-world-key-to-f…-data.aspx

When Will My Car Fix Istelf Using Wireless Uploads?

When Will My Car Fix Istelf Using Wireless Uploads?

The lie detector for your TWEETS: Scientists develop system that can tell fact from fiction in 140 characters or less
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2562919/A-lie…-less.html

Don’t read War & Peace with your Google Glass…yet
http://www.publishingtechnology.com/2014/02/dont-read-war-pe…-glassyet/

Henry Ford Gave Innovators The Wrong Message About The Value Of History
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnowrid/2014/02/21/henry-ford-…f-history/

The Office Of The 21st Century Will Be Your Self-Driving Car
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3026652/the-office-of-the-21st-c…riving-car

An Amazing Village Designed Just For People With Dementia
http://gizmodo.com/inside-an-amazing-village-designed-just-f…1526062373

Scientists Turn Off Pain Using Nothing But Light
http://gizmodo.com/scientists-turn-off-pain-using-nothing-but-light-1526906564

UA Researchers Use 3D Printing to Help Fight Cancer
http://3dprint.com/1000/ua-researchers-use-3d-printing-to-help-fight-cancer/

Concrete and Climate Change – the Greening of Infrastructure

Concrete and Climate Change – the Greening of Infrastructure

Stephen Hawking: Humanity Must Colonize Space to Survive
http://www.space.com/20657-stephen-hawking-humanity-survival-space.html

Stephen Hawking: “Why We Should Go Into Space“
http://www.nss.org/resources/library/spacepolicy/hawking.htm

Incredible Technology: How Future Space Missions May Hunt for Alien Planets
http://news.yahoo.com/incredible-technology-future-space-mis…33845.html

Exoplanets: New missions hunting for alien worlds
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130829-the-new-hunt-for-alien-worlds

Five alien worlds with water detected by Hubble Space Telescope
http://www.sott.net/article/269546-Five-alien-worlds-with-wa…-Telescope

Drake equation: How many alien civilizations exist?
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120821-how-many-alien-worlds-exist

DARPA Seeking Automated Decision Aids for Pilots and Battle Managers in Contested Environments
http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2014/02/21.aspx

Radiation-free cancer scans may be on the horizon
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57619153-76/ra…e-horizon/

3 Ways Social Media Is Driving A Business Revolution
http://www.forbes.com/sites/drewhendricks/2014/02/25/3-ways-…evolution/

Your Twitter Search Results Will Now Feature Promoted Accounts
http://www.fastcompany.com/3026918/fast-feed/your-twitter-se…Company%29

Apple Doesn’t Need a Mega-Acquisition to Think Bold
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/02/25/apple_mega_acquisition.html

How Millennials Are Changing the Face of Consumer Marketing
http://www.v3im.com/2014/02/how-millennials-are-changing-the…z2uNRMOFdc

Not Your Typical Hackathon: Symantec’s Cyberwar Simulation Transforms Employees Into Criminals
http://www.fastcompany.com/3026749/not-your-typical-hackatho…-criminals

How Cloud Computing is Changing Many Job Descriptions
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2011/12/26/cloud-c…criptions/

Are We Measuring Methane Accurately in Calculating GHG Emissions?

Are We Measuring Methane Accurately in Calculating GHG Emissions?

An Artificial Hand with Real Feeling
http://www.technologyreview.com/photoessay/524676/an-artific…l-feeling/

The Dawn of the Age of Artificial Intelligence
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/02/the-dawn…ce/283730/

Monetizing the Internet of Things : 4 key areas of focus
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/02/24/monetizing-the-inter…-of-focus/

25 maps and charts that explain America today
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/02/24/25…ica-today/

Newest Air Force One aircraft to arrive in 2017
http://www.gsnmagazine.com/article/17880/newest_air_force_on…rrive_2017

Lie detector on the way to test social media rumours
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26263510

Future green technology concept
http://itechfuture.com/future-green-technology-concept/

The Google Smartwatch Is Real, And It’s Coming Soon (But Maybe Not Too Soon)

The Google Smartwatch Is Real, And It’s Coming Soon (But Maybe Not Too Soon)

Self-forming liquid metal just like a TERMINATOR emerges from China lab
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/21/liquid_metal_breakth…ep_closer/

Fear of Being Different Stifles Talent
http://hbr.org/2014/03/fear-of-being-different-stifles-talen…tm_medium=

Researchers hijack cancer migration mechanism to ‘move’ brain tumors
http://www.kurzweilai.net/researchers-hijack-cancer-migratio…ain-tumors

New wireless tech may radically transform mobile video streaming
http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-wireless-tech-may-radically-tr…-streaming

Graphene found to efficiently absorb radio waves
http://www.kurzweilai.net/graphene-found-to-efficiently-absorb-radio-waves

Will plug-in electric cars crash the electric grid?
http://www.kurzweilai.net/will-plug-in-electric-cars-crash-the-electric-grid

The Future of the News Business: A Monumental Twitter Stream All in One Place
http://a16z.com/2014/02/25/future-of-news-business/

Exiles on Main Street: When Ordinary People Resist the Oil-pocalypse
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/reverend-billy/resisting-the-o…um=twitter

PM/AM: Citizen Science Goes Mobile
http://www.popularmechanics.com/how-to/blog/pmam-citizen-sci…=pm_latest

The Missed Opportunity in STEM Education
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-sten-odenwald/the-missed-op…32030.html

‘Space-Based’ Astronomy From Antarctica
http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2014/02/25/space-b…ntarctica/

Two Explorers Just Completed A Polar Expedition That Killed Everyone The Last Time It Was Attempted
http://www.businessinsider.com/british-explorers-make-world-…2014-2

NASA to launch satellite in collaboration with ISRO
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/nasa-to-launch-satellite-i…sro-488328

Dad May Join Two Moms for Disease-Free Designer Babies
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-25/dad-may-joi…abies.html

Tiny Blobs and Tunnels in Meteorite Revive Debate Over Life on Mars
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/tiny-blobs-tunnels-mete…ars-n38431

How Millennials Can Better Prepare For Today’s Workforce: 10 Critical Steps
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2014/02/22/how-mill…cal-steps/

Average Chinese Getting Richer
http://linkis.com/dlvr.it/Hzx4C

Swiss Company Turns Human Ashes Into Diamonds

Swiss Company Turns Human Ashes Into Diamonds

Why China can’t take over the world
http://qz.com/162690/why-china-cant-take-over-the-world/

How to Get a Job at Google

Nanopatterned natural biological scaffold for stem cells may allow for softer engineered tissues
http://www.kurzweilai.net/nanopatterned-natural-biological-s…ed-tissues

Offshore wind farms could tame hurricanes before they reach land, Stanford-led study says
http://www.kurzweilai.net/offshore-wind-farms-could-tame-hur…study-says

Major enigma solved in atmospheric chemistry
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-major-enigma-atmospheric-chemistry.html

Pine forest particles appear out of thin air, influence climate
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-forest-particles-thin-air-climate.html

Local Motors to Debut 3D Printed Car in September
http://www.engineering.com/3DPrinting/3DPrintingArticles/Art…ember.aspx

Rossetta’s Portrait Above Mars
http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles…-Mars.aspx

There is no Engineer in CAD!
http://www.engineering.com/DesignSoftware/DesignSoftwareArti…n-CAD.aspx

Lotus Debuts its First Motorbike — The C-01
http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles…-C-01.aspx

Fastest Wire Bending in the World
http://www.engineering.com/Videos/VideoPlayer/tabid/4627/Vid…World.aspx

Braigo — the Lego-made Braille printer built by a twelve year old
http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles…r-old.aspx

Stretchable Optical Circuits Have Futuristic Possibilities
http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles…ities.aspx

10 ways mobile technology will save your life in the future
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/25/business/10-ways-mobile-techno…?hpt=hp_c1

Boundless Natural Gas, Boundless Opportunities: Interview with EIA Chief
http://blog.cleantechies.com/2014/02/24/boundless-natural-ga…eia-chief/

Brain Scans Show Striking Similarities Between Dogs and Humans
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/02/dog-brains-vocal-processing/

Record number of test tube babies born in the U.S.
http://www.impactlab.net/2014/02/19/record-number-of-test-tu…n-the-u-s/

A Solar Energy Breakthrough:
http://youtu.be/J_zzE8xMdZc

A new breed of research is trying to Moneyball the least logical of all human endeavors: love.
http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2014/02/the_s…_time.html

Wearable computers could act like a sixth sense
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9246582/Wearable_comp…geNumber=1

3D printing takes on metal at Amsterdam lab (w/ video)
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-3d-metal-amsterdam-lab-video.html#ajTabs

QUOTATION(S): “…To every man there comes in his lifetime that special moment when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered a chance to do a very special thing, unique to him and fitted to his talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds him unprepared or unqualified for the work which would be his finest hour…”

AND

“…Change is not merely necessary to life ─ it is life…”

AND

“…The mind is a terrible thing to waste…”

CITATION(S): “…If you like where events seem to be headed, you may want to take timely action to preserve their positive trajectory. If you do not like where they appear to be going, you will have to develop and implement policies to change their trajectory…”

AND

“…Because time is real, and the future unpredictable, the challenge of carving a path into the future calls for a different way of thinking than the old, mechanical methods of strategic planning. In order to anticipate wholly new industries like the personal computer industry, it’s not enough to make predictions based on old assumptions. You need to imagine alternative scenarios based on new assumptions. You need to imagine alternative scenarios based on new assumptions. Those new assumptions need more than new numbers…”

NEWEST, PRACTICAL PRINCIPALS (TENETS) TO SEIZE SUSTAINABLE PROFESSIONAL, MANAGERIAL AND BUSINESS SUCCESS TENTES: (24) Don’t copy Nature and Biology, don’t even copy Universe. Just copy the Omniverse.

BOOK(S): The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: “On Robustness and Fragility… by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (ISBN-13: 978–0812973815).

N.B.: Quotations, Citations and Success Tenets are by the Futuretronium Book.

Regards,

Mr. Andres Agostini
Risk-Management Futurist and Success Consultant
http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC

Feb 24
2014

Soldiers, machines and the rise of battlefield robotics

Kyle Chayka — The Sydney Morning Herald

For a glimpse at the future of human-robot interactions, it might be better to look at what’s happening in the United States military than analysing Her, in which Joaquin Phoenix’s character falls in love with an OS voiced by Scarlett Johansson.

Throughout every department of the US armed forces, autonomous robots are playing a larger role in every aspect of warfare than ever before, and soldiers are developing some unorthodox relationships with their machines.

Just ask Danielle.

Feb 17
2014

The Future of Scientific Management, Today!

LIST OF UPDATES (FEBRUARY 17 THROUGH 21/2014). By Mr. Andres Agostini at The Future of Scientific Management, Today! At http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC Wearable glasses help surgeons view cancer cells in real time http://www.kurzweilai.net/wearable-glasses-help-surgeons-vie…-real-time

Miniaturized hearing aids that will fit into the ear canal http://www.kurzweilai.net/miniaturized-hearing-aids-that-wil…-ear-canal

DHS, Purdue Develop Social Media Analysis Tool to Monitor Crime http://www.executivegov.com/2014/02/dhs-purdue-develop-socia…1msiI.dpuf

The Global Search for Education: What Israel Did http://www.huffingtonpost.com/c-m-rubin/the-global-search-for-edu_b_4797810.html

Virgin America Wants To Turn Boring Plane Flights Into Awesome Networking Sessions http://www.businessinsider.com/category/virgin-america

The World’s Most Powerful 3-D Laser Imager http://www.technologyreview.com/news/524166/the-worlds-most-…er-imager/

Scientists Create Virtual Brain to Study Neurological Disorders http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/02/16/scientists-create-a-…65956.html

Scientists to create frozen zoos on other planets? http://innovation.uk.msn.com/planet/scientists-to-create-fro…er-planets

Welcome to the Future of Transportation http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/blog/welcome-future-transportation

The Power of Unintentional Collaboration http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-power-of-unintentiona…=sm-direct

‘Hand of God’ Spotted by NASA Space Telescope (Photo) http://www.space.com/24225-hand-of-god-photo-nasa-telescope.…7_18570724

Education is the key to smart security preparation http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/education-is-the-key-…on-1221637

NASA Finds Clues That There’s Flowing Water On Mars http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2014/02/10/nasa-finds-…r-on-mars/

The World’s Most Powerful 3-D Laser Imager http://www.technologyreview.com/news/524166/the-worlds-most-…er-imager/

Explore 10 trends that offer CIOs the opportunity to shape tomorrow and to transform “business as usual.” http://dupress.com/articles/2014-tech-trends-introduction/?i…awa:021414

Cameras That Can See Through Walls! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLtzilM0epg

Aquaponics: The Answer to California’s Drought? http://www.bloomberg.com/video/aquaponics-the-answer-to-cali…3U_Dw.html

Why the Tiny Home Movement May Not be So Tiny http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2014/02/why-the-tiny-home-mov…e-so-tiny/

A termite-inspired robot construction team http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-termite-inspired-robot-construction-team

Helping robots collaborate http://www.kurzweilai.net/herding-robots

Robots with insect brains http://www.kurzweilai.net/robots-with-insect-brains

Four new galaxy clusters discovered some 10 billion light years from Earth http://www.kurzweilai.net/four-new-galaxy-clusters-discovere…from-earth

What makes us human? Unique brain area linked to higher cognitive powers http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140205212015.ht…ce+News%29

5 (Relatively Simple) Steps To B2B Social Media Marketing Success http://www.fastcompany.com/3026450/dialed/5-relativity-simpl…Company%29

Q&A: What studying networks can tell us about the world and ourselves http://news.yale.edu/2014/02/11/qa-what-studying-networks-ca…-ourselves

Iran proposes joint naval exercise with Russia. Show of strength as interim nuclear deal takes effect http://kleinonline.wnd.com/2014/02/14/iran-proposes-joint-na…4fUpi.dpuf

Chronic Pain Common in Teens with Mental Health Problems http://americannewsreport.com/nationalpainreport/chronic-pai…23025.html

Is truth stranger than fiction? Yes, especially for science fiction http://phys.org/news/2014-02-truth-stranger-fiction-science.html

The Future of Work by 2020 http://www.elsua.net/2013/05/22/the-future-of-work-by-2020/

Personalized medicine by 2020 and other futuristic healthcare predictions (infographic) http://medcitynews.com/2012/08/personalized-medicine-by-2020…z2tLx3xLZP

NASA Invites Private Companies To The Moon http://www.popsci.com/article/science/nasa-invites-private-companies-moon

How The Internet Of Things Is More Like The Industrial Revolution Than The Digital Revolution http://www.forbes.com/sites/oreillymedia/2014/02/10/more-1876-than-1995/

Atheer Glasses, the Best Way to Experience the Future http://arabnet.me/atheer-glasses-best-way-experience-future/

Next-Gen Nanotech Breath Sensor Could Change How We Monitor Health http://www.medgadget.com/2013/10/hold-next-gen-nanotech-sens…ealth.html

Will your clothing spy on you? http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/02/13/will-your-clothing-sp…ign=buffer

Two Female VCs Launch Silicon Valley Firm To Show Diversity Equals Profit http://www.fastcoexist.com/3026479/two-female-vcs-launch-sil…als-profit

How to Adjust to the Silver-Tsunami of Working Baby Boomers? http://synecticsworld.com/how-to-adjust-to-the-silver-tsunam…t=3977617#

Colonialism’s Enduring Dividends. Why European Companies Have an Advantage in Emerging Markets http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/140776/bhaskar-chakra…-dividends

Ad Infinitum. ‘Our Mathematical Universe,’ by Max Tegmark. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/books/review/our-mathemati.…html?_r=0

Yahoo’s Mayer Views 2014 as Tech ‘Tipping Point’ http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/yahoos-mayer-2014-tip…echnology/

Social platform for sharing cyberthreat intell goes live http://gcn.com/articles/2014/02/11/activetrust.aspx

QUOTATION(S): “…The forces shaping your future are digital [and mathematical], and you need to understand them…” AND “…You can’t understand the knot without understanding the strands, but in the future, the strands need not remain tied up in the same way as they are today…” AND “…ALL CHILDREN ARE BORN GENIUSES; 9,999 OUT OF EVERY 10,000 ARE SWIFTLY, INADVERTENTLY DEGENIUNIZED BY GROWNUPS…” AND “…Supercomputers will achieve one human brain capacity by 2010, and personal computers will do so by about 2020 .… We appear to be programmed with the idea that there are ‘things’ outside of our self, and some are conscious, and some are not .… We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body…” AND “…People are always [and wrongfully] assuming that everything that is going to be invented must have been invented already. But it hasn’t…”

CITATION(S): “…We have the Internet that we have today because the Internet of yesterday did not focus on the today of yesterday…” AND “…Legal scholars can debate whether copyright law mandates a future of ‘authorized use only’ for digital information. The answer may not matter much, because that future is coming to pass through the technologies of digital rights management and trusted systems…” AND “…Can we envision the future transcontinental flights, where books, music, images, and videos are automatically extracted, sampled, mixed, and remixed; fed into massive automated reasoning engines; assimilated into the core software of every personal computer and every cell phone ─ and thousands of other things for which the words don’t even exist yet?…” AND “…Governments of the Industrial World, your weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You have no so sovereignty where we gather .… We are creating a world that all may enter without privilege or prejudice accorded by race, economic power, military force, or station of birth. We are creating a world where anyone, anywhere may express his or her beliefs, no matter how singular, without fear of being coerced into silence or conformity … In our world, all the sentiments and expressions of humanity, from debasing to the angelic, are parts of a seamless whole, the global conversation of bits .… [Y]ou are trying to ward off the virus of liberty by erecting guard posts at the frontiers of Cyberspace…”

NEWEST, PRACTICAL PRINCIPALS (TENETS) TO SEIZE SUSTAINABLE PROFESSIONAL, MANAGERIAL AND BUSINESS SUCCESS TENTES: (18) Foster momentum by creating virtuous cycles that build credibility and by avoiding getting caught in vicious cycles that harm credibility. (19) Institute coalitions that translate into swifter organizational adjustments to the inevitable streams of change in personnel and environment. BOOK(S): A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink (ISBN-13: 978–1594481710).

N.B.: Quotations, Citations and Success Tenets are by the Futuretronium Book.

Regards,

Mr. Andres Agostini

Risk-Management Futurist and Success Consultant

http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC

Feb 15
2014

The Omniscient Truth About Outer-Space Intelligece And What The Official Establishment Has To Declare About It!

THE OMNISCIENT TRUTH ABOUT OUTER-SPACE INTELLIGENCE AND WHAT THE OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENT HAS TO DECLARE ABOUT IT! BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI.

I have the glory to have read every book by Dr. Raymond Kurzweil with the sole exception of “Transcend.”

Dr. Kurzweil is an engineer graduate from grandiose M.I.T. (the technological avant-garde within the Ivy League universities).

Beyond his many inventions, patents, and scientific breakthroughs and discoveries, please remember that Ray holds 19 doctoral degrees among many other amenities.

I exactly relish the way he exercises his mind. And instead of fighting sourly against his contrarians, he kindly and respectfully invites them to lavishly publish the opposing views on books and blogs.

Ray is a pervasive sage by any known or unknown measure. He is now the Chief Engineer Officer at Google and the Chairman of the Singularity University (founded by him with the institutional backing of NASA and Google).

We all like the Founding Fathers, especially Jefferson and Franklin. But tons of Americans and others seem to frequently and prevalently ignore this Hi-Tech Founding Father.

Within his duties at Google, he is embarked into the greatest scientific advancement in order to transform any illness or biological cause of death (natural death) into a superseded cure (outright state of well-being), radically.

HE IS INTO STRINGENT R&D&I TO MAKE HUMAN DEATH A THING OF THE PAST.

I also argue that he will be auspiciously fighting against challenges and problems in order to systemically and systematically reverse-engineer biology and the human brain with the utter purpose of seizing the correct software templates for Strongest Quantum Supercomputing.

In “The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology” (ISBN-13: 978–0143037880) book, Ray argues that most extraterrestrial beings might, just might, exhibit a grayish look because they are the trans-exobiologicals stemming from [outer-space and infinitely beyond] advanced exobiological civilizations.

Trans-exobiologicals are exobiologicals who have transcended their own exobiology.

Having said that and since the advent of his landmark book (I wish all fact-driven books were written like this canonical marvel), he has given many interviews and speeches about The Technological Singularity.

As a process of that, one day Ray ended up giving a seminal keynote to the upper management and scientists at SETI Institute. SETI, an American Organization, stands for Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

Conversely, the about one-hour talk was about the Technological Singularity and the Law of Accelerating Returns as it posited by Ray himself.

Towards the end of the keynote, one or two SETI scientists told Ray that, as per their own research, they were considering as a probable and plausible scenario to be that extraterrestrials’ domicile was within the immeasurable limits of Dark Matter and Dark Energy.

The original and official YouTube video published by SETI is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6hU4lS9_kI

In the mean time, kindly please have a lot of educational and propitious fun in ignored flanks both in Computronium and the Omniverse.

Mr. Andres Agostini

www.linkedin.com/in/andresagostini

The Future of Space-Age Risk Management: Transformative and Integrative Risk Management!. https://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/03/omniscentia

http://ThisSuccess.wordpress.com

AS A CONSULTANT, MANAGER, STRATEGIST AND RESEARCHER, ANDRES WORKS AND HAS WORKED WITH INSTITUTIONS ─ AND THE RESPECTIVE EXECUTIVES OF SAID ORGANIZATIONS ─ SUCH AS:

► Toyota,

► Mitsubishi,

► World Bank,

► Shell,

► Statoil,

► Total,

► Exxon,

► Mobil,

► PDVSA, Citgo,

► GE,

► GMAC,

► TNT Express,

► AT&T

► GTE,

► Amoco,

► BP,

► Abbot Laboratories,

► World Health Organization,

► Ernst Young Consulting,

► SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation),

► Pak Mail,

► Wilpro Energy Services,

► Phillips Petroleum Company,

► Dupont,

► Conoco,

► ENI (Italy’s petroleum state-owned firm),

► Chevron,

► LDG Management (HCC Benefits).

Feb 15
2014

Transcension Hypothosis — The Future of Us with Jason Silva

Feb 13
2014

The Future of Scientific Management, Today!

FEBRUARY 15 AND 16/2014 LIST OF UPDATES. By Mr. Andres Agostini at The Future of Scientific Management, Today! At http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC

New live-cell printing technology improves on inkjet printing
http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-live-cell-printing-technology-…t-printing

Capturing ultrasharp images of multiple cell components simultaneously
http://www.kurzweilai.net/capturing-ultrasharp-images-of-mul…ltaneously

Red-light-sensitive protein discovery enables more complex studies of neuron interactions
http://www.kurzweilai.net/red-light-sensitive-protein-discov…teractions

New self-healing polymers require no chemicals or catalysts
http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-self-healing-polymers-require-…-catalysts

First map of core white-matter connections of human brain developed at USC
http://www.kurzweilai.net/first-map-of-core-white-matter-con…ped-at-usc

Futurists Explore the Next Horizon
http://www.wfs.org/futurist/2013-issues-futurist/november-de…xt-horizon

6 key trends that are accelerating the adoption of technology in higher education
http://www.impactlab.net/2014/02/11/6-key-trends-that-are-ac…education/

Silicon Valley’s Next Big Goal: Fixing Our Broken Food System
http://www.fastcompany.com/3025602/rebuilding-big-food-agloc…vest-power

5 Famous Entrepreneurs Who Learned From Their First Spectacular Failures
http://www.fastcompany.com/3026253/dialed/5-famous-entrepren…r-failures

Can Creativity Really Be Taught?
http://www.fastcompany.com/3026327/leadership-now/can-creati…-be-taught

Belgian law on euthanasia for children, with no age limit, will be first in world
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/12/belgium-legalis…CMP=twt_gu

This Google exec’s success shows how it pays off to invest in talent
http://qz.com/176195/this-google-execs-success-shows-how-it-…in-talent/

Plastic shopping bags make a fine diesel fuel, researchers report
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-plastic-bags-fine-diesel-fuel.html

China’s ‘Jade Rabbit’ lunar rover declared dead: media
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-china-jade-rabbit-lunar-rover.html

Stirring-up atomtronics in a quantum circuit
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-stirring-up-atomtronics-quantum-circuit.html

Studio diip creates a fish-driven robot
http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles…robot.aspx

Far-reaching radars, laser-guided rockets and powerful new sensors are taking center stage this week as Raytheon shows off its latest technology at the Singapore Airshow.
http://www.raytheon.com/newsroom/feature/rtn14_singapore/index.html

Can’t Find a Steve Jobs? Hire an Innovation Organizer Instead
http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/02/cant-find-a-steve-jobs-hire-an-…Socialflow

Strange Star Chemistry May Reveal Secrets of Planetary Disks
http://www.space.com/24666-strange-star-chemistry-planet-for…3_18478324

Android’s ‘Open’ System Has Limits
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230488840457937…html?dsk=y

Asian Stocks Drop After Longest Streak of Gains This Year
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-13/asian-stock…-year.html

Prediction: In the next 25 years [timeline year 2035], synthetic biology — the creation of life from nonliving chemicals designed on a computer — could produce thousands of synthetic genomes and life-forms not yet imagine
http://www.wfs.org/content/futurist/january-february-2012-vo…redictions

World’s first genetically modified babies born
http://thechangewithin.net/2014/02/07/worlds-first-genetical…bies-born/

World asleep as China tightens deflationary vice
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/10634339/World-as…-vice.html

Russia Tests “Total Surveillance” at the Sochi Olympics
http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/02/14/russia-tests-total-survei…mpics.html

The Dash Builds Wearable Fitness Sensors Into The Headphones You’re Using Anyway

The Dash Builds Wearable Fitness Sensors Into The Headphones You’re Using Anyway

Microsoft’s new task force will tackle Internet of Things and wearable tech
http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/microsoft-s-new-task-…ch-1223902

Psychologists Predict The Demise of Social Networks
http://socialtimes.com/psychologists-predict-demise-social-networks_b142473

Disillusioned hedonist shoppers
http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2014/02/luxury-goods-market

This Is What Your Face Will Look Like In 2060
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3026290/futurist-forum/this-is-wh…ke-in-2060

A Glimpse At The Mind-Reading Office Of The Future
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3024164/a-glimpse-inside-the-office-of-the-future

Awesome, Immersive Exhibition Shows How Architecture Can Shape Your Senses
http://www.wired.com/design/2014/02/brilliant-new-ways-experience-archtiecture/

Tomorrow’s Spacecraft Could Be Made of the Same Bone You Are
http://gizmodo.com/tomorrows-spacecraft-could-be-made-of-the…1521614272

It’s official: Apple sells more computers than all Windows PCs combined
http://qz.com/176643/its-official-apple-sells-more-computers…-combined/

Why Google Is Investing In Deep Learning
http://www.fastcolabs.com/3026423/why-google-is-investing-in-deep-learning

Surround Computing Is About to Change Our Lives
http://techonomy.com/2014/02/surround-computing-change-lives/

We’re One Step Closer to Nuclear Fusion Energy
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/02/fusion-power-not-yet/

Stop “Fixing” Women and Start Fixing Managers
http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/02/stop-fixing-women-and-start-fix…Socialflow

Singapore is becoming a favorite stop for China’s top tech firms
http://thenextweb.com/asia/2014/02/13/singapore-is-becoming-…ce=Twitter

Cybersecurity guidelines for companies are unveiled by White House
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cyber-security-20140213,0,3027325.story#ixzz2tBH36ygw

There is no more B2B or B2C: It’s Human to Human, #H2H

There is no more B2B or B2C: It’s Human to Human, H2H

Facebook Testing ‘Water Taxi’ to Shuttle Employees From San Francisco
http://mashable.com/2014/02/12/facebook-ferry/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link

A future cochlear implant with no exterior hardware required
http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-future-cochlear-implant-with-no-…e-required

Scientists achieve fuel gain exceeding unity in confined fusion implosion
http://www.kurzweilai.net/scientists-achieve-fuel-gain-excee…-implosion

Your virtual avatar can impact your real-world behavior, researchers suggest
http://www.kurzweilai.net/your-virtual-avatar-can-impact-you…rs-suggest

Here’s the enormous hangar Google bought to fill with robots
http://qz.com/176551/heres-the-enormous-hangar-google-bought…th-robots/

45 Million Smartwatches Expected to Ship by 2017
http://mashable.com/2014/02/13/wearable-device-shipments/

The lasers fuelling hopes of unlimited, clean nuclear energy
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-lasers-fuellin…24237.html

Here’s What Would Make Google’s Smartwatch Awesome

Here’s What Would Make Google’s Smartwatch Awesome

QUOTATION(S): “…If you are not failing frequently, you are not succeeding enough…” AND “…Denial is tragic. Delay is deadly …” AND “…It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity … We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.…” AND “…To solve a very complicated problem, you generally need a fairly complicated solution [in advance]…”

CITATION(S): “…Funny thing, our mind. The moment our software catches up, the mind seems to travel beyond the capability of the software .… [However,] Our minds focus on renditions, darling, not the underlying algorithm. Your analysts and programmers have to deal with algorithm that produces new renditions…” AND “…In a few hundred years, when the story of our [current] time is written from a long-term perspective, it is likely that the most important event those historians will see is not technology, not the Internet, not e-commerce [not ‘social media’ ─ so-called]. IT IS AN UNPRECEDENTED CHANGE IN THE HUMAN CONDITION. FOR THE FIRST TIME ─ LITERALLY ─ SUBSTANTIAL AND GROWING NUMBERS OF PEOPLE HAVE CHOICES. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY WILL HAVE TO MANAGE THEMSELVES. AND SOCIETY IS TOTALLY UNPREPARED FOR IT…” AND “…The political world promises change and the digital world delivers it. And when that change potentially affects our privacy and freedom, we should all pay attention. This is a fascinating, provocative and thoroughly readable look into an uncertain future…”

NEWEST, PRACTICAL PRINCIPALS (TENETS) TO SEIZE SUSTAINABLE PROFESSIONAL, MANAGERIAL AND BUSINESS SUCCESS: (11) Cryogenize the infamous illiterate by own choice and reincarnate ASAP (multiverse teleporting out of a warped / wormed passage) Da Vinci, Bacon, Newton, Goethe, Bonaparte, Edison, Franklyn, Churchill, Einstein, and Feynman. (12) Organize relationships into voluntary associations that are mutually beneficial and accountable for contributing productively to the surrounding community. (13) Practice the central rule of good strategy, which is to know and remain true to your core business and invest for leadership and R&D+Innovation. (14) Kaisen, SixSigma, Lean, LeanSigma, “…Reliability Engineer…” (the latter as solely conceived and developed by Procter & Gamble and Los Alamos National Laboratories) it all unthinkably and thoroughly by recombinant, a là Einstein Gedanke-motorized judgment (that is to say: Einsteinian Gedanke [“…thought experiments…”]. (15) Provide a road-map / blueprint for drastically compressing (‘crashing’) the time’s ‘reticules’ it will take you to get on the top of your tenure, nonetheless of your organizational level. (16) With the required knowledge and relationships embedded in organizations, create support for, and carry out transformational initiatives.

BOOK(S): Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever by Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman. ISBN-13: 978–1605292076

Regards,

Mr. Andres Agostini
Risk-Management Futurist
and Success Consultant
http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC

New live-cell printing technology improves on inkjet printing
http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-live-cell-printing-technology-…t-printing

Capturing ultrasharp images of multiple cell components simultaneously
http://www.kurzweilai.net/capturing-ultrasharp-images-of-mul…ltaneously

Red-light-sensitive protein discovery enables more complex studies of neuron interactions
http://www.kurzweilai.net/red-light-sensitive-protein-discov…teractions

New self-healing polymers require no chemicals or catalysts
http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-self-healing-polymers-require-…-catalysts

First map of core white-matter connections of human brain developed at USC
http://www.kurzweilai.net/first-map-of-core-white-matter-con…ped-at-usc

Futurists Explore the Next Horizon
http://www.wfs.org/futurist/2013-issues-futurist/november-de…xt-horizon

6 key trends that are accelerating the adoption of technology in higher education
http://www.impactlab.net/2014/02/11/6-key-trends-that-are-ac…education/

Silicon Valley’s Next Big Goal: Fixing Our Broken Food System
http://www.fastcompany.com/3025602/rebuilding-big-food-agloc…vest-power

5 Famous Entrepreneurs Who Learned From Their First Spectacular Failures
http://www.fastcompany.com/3026253/dialed/5-famous-entrepren…r-failures

Can Creativity Really Be Taught?
http://www.fastcompany.com/3026327/leadership-now/can-creati…-be-taught

Belgian law on euthanasia for children, with no age limit, will be first in world
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/12/belgium-legalis…CMP=twt_gu

This Google exec’s success shows how it pays off to invest in talent
http://qz.com/176195/this-google-execs-success-shows-how-it-…in-talent/

Plastic shopping bags make a fine diesel fuel, researchers report
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-plastic-bags-fine-diesel-fuel.html

China’s ‘Jade Rabbit’ lunar rover declared dead: media
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-china-jade-rabbit-lunar-rover.html

Stirring-up atomtronics in a quantum circuit
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-stirring-up-atomtronics-quantum-circuit.html

Studio diip creates a fish-driven robot
http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles…robot.aspx

Can’t Find a Steve Jobs? Hire an Innovation Organizer Instead
http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/02/cant-find-a-steve-jobs-hire-an-…Socialflow

Strange Star Chemistry May Reveal Secrets of Planetary Disks
http://www.space.com/24666-strange-star-chemistry-planet-for…3_18478324

Android’s ‘Open’ System Has Limits
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230488840457937…html?dsk=y

Asian Stocks Drop After Longest Streak of Gains This Year
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-13/asian-stock…-year.html

World’s first genetically modified babies born
http://thechangewithin.net/2014/02/07/worlds-first-genetical…bies-born/

World asleep as China tightens deflationary vice
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/10634339/World-as…-vice.html

Russia Tests “Total Surveillance” at the Sochi Olympics
http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/02/14/russia-tests-total-survei…mpics.html

The Dash Builds Wearable Fitness Sensors Into The Headphones You’re Using Anyway

The Dash Builds Wearable Fitness Sensors Into The Headphones You’re Using Anyway

Microsoft’s new task force will tackle Internet of Things and wearable tech
http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/microsoft-s-new-task-…ch-1223902

Psychologists Predict The Demise of Social Networks
http://socialtimes.com/psychologists-predict-demise-social-networks_b142473

Disillusioned hedonist shoppers
http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2014/02/luxury-goods-market

This Is What Your Face Will Look Like In 2060
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3026290/futurist-forum/this-is-wh…ke-in-2060

A Glimpse At The Mind-Reading Office Of The Future
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3024164/a-glimpse-inside-the-office-of-the-future

Awesome, Immersive Exhibition Shows How Architecture Can Shape Your Senses
http://www.wired.com/design/2014/02/brilliant-new-ways-experience-archtiecture/

Tomorrow’s Spacecraft Could Be Made of the Same Bone You Are
http://gizmodo.com/tomorrows-spacecraft-could-be-made-of-the…1521614272

It’s official: Apple sells more computers than all Windows PCs combined
http://qz.com/176643/its-official-apple-sells-more-computers…-combined/

Why Google Is Investing In Deep Learning
http://www.fastcolabs.com/3026423/why-google-is-investing-in-deep-learning

Surround Computing Is About to Change Our Lives
http://techonomy.com/2014/02/surround-computing-change-lives/

We’re One Step Closer to Nuclear Fusion Energy
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/02/fusion-power-not-yet/

Stop “Fixing” Women and Start Fixing Managers
http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/02/stop-fixing-women-and-start-fix…Socialflow

Singapore is becoming a favorite stop for China’s top tech firms
http://thenextweb.com/asia/2014/02/13/singapore-is-becoming-…ce=Twitter

Cybersecurity guidelines for companies are unveiled by White House
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cyber-security-20140213,0,3027325.story#ixzz2tBH36ygw

There is no more B2B or B2C: It’s Human to Human, #H2H

There is no more B2B or B2C: It’s Human to Human, H2H

Facebook Testing ‘Water Taxi’ to Shuttle Employees From San Francisco
http://mashable.com/2014/02/12/facebook-ferry/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link

A future cochlear implant with no exterior hardware required
http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-future-cochlear-implant-with-no-…e-required

Scientists achieve fuel gain exceeding unity in confined fusion implosion
http://www.kurzweilai.net/scientists-achieve-fuel-gain-excee…-implosion

Your virtual avatar can impact your real-world behavior, researchers suggest
http://www.kurzweilai.net/your-virtual-avatar-can-impact-you…rs-suggest

Here’s the enormous hangar Google bought to fill with robots
http://qz.com/176551/heres-the-enormous-hangar-google-bought…th-robots/

45 Million Smartwatches Expected to Ship by 2017
http://mashable.com/2014/02/13/wearable-device-shipments/

The lasers fuelling hopes of unlimited, clean nuclear energy
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-lasers-fuellin…24237.html

Here’s What Would Make Google’s Smartwatch Awesome

Here’s What Would Make Google’s Smartwatch Awesome

BOOK(S): Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever by Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman. ISBN-13: 978–1605292076

Feb 11
2014

Google’s Kurzweil says the machines will think for themselves by 2040, and oh — we’ll be immortal

Jon Xavier — Technology Reporter- Silicon Valley Business Journal

Google engineering director Ray Kurzweil is, undoubtedly, one of the most accomplished men of our time. The relentless inventor — whose credits include the flatbed scanner, optical character resolution and speech-to-text- systems — is also a bestselling author, a successful entrepreneur, and an artificial intelligence pioneer.

His current title at Google, then, always seemed a little puzzling to me — after all, wasn’t he the sort of guy to set his sights on something a little higher than juicing sales of online advertisements at the world’s biggest Web search engine?

Feb 11
2014

The Future of Scientific Management, Today!

FEBRUARY 14/2014 LIST OF UPDATES. By Mr. Andres Agostini at The Future of Scientific Management, Today! At http://lnkd.in/bYP2nDC

Reinventing Social Media: Deep Learning, Predictive Marketing, And Image Recognition Will Change Everything
http://www.businessinsider.com/social-medias-big-data-future…_inn_feb14

EU Rules Mean That ‘Children Can’t Get Life-Saving Cancer Drugs’
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/11/eu-rules-children-c…mg00000067

Virgin Atlantic Is Using Google Glass for Faster Check-Ins
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/02/11/google_gl…s_for.html

Here’s What California’s Historic Drought Will Do To The Economy
http://www.businessinsider.com/california-drought-economy-20…z2t3NVIAyL

Digital Currency Woes: Second Bitcoin Exchange Halts Withdrawals
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/markets/digital-currency-woe…als-n27776

The GMAT: An exam with greater profit margins than Apple
http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2014/02/11/gmat-exam-profi…ign=buffer

DIA Director Lt. Gen Michael Flynn on Current and Future Worldwide Threats Testimony Before the Senate Armed Services Committee
http://www.dia.mil/News/SpeechesandTestimonies/tabid/7031/Ar…testi.aspx

Many Promising Embryonic Stem Cell Therapies Ensnared In Legal Loophole
http://www.popsci.com/article/science/many-promising-embryon…l-loophole

Why Robot Trucks Could Be Headed To Afghanistan (And Everywhere Else)
http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/zero-moment/why-robot-tru…where-else

Salvadoran Newspaper Sends Drone To Cover Presidential Election
http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/salvadoran-newspape…l-election

Interactive Infographic: The Search For Other Earths
http://www.popsci.com/article/science/interactive-infographi…her-earths

Possible Link Found Between Bacterium And Multiple Sclerosis
http://www.popsci.com/article/science/possible-link-found-be…-sclerosis

Now In Japan: Giant Cyborg Cockroaches
http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/now-japan-giant-cyborg-cockroaches

A Motorcycle Helmet For The Digital World
http://www.popsci.com/article/gadgets/motorcycle-helmet-digital-world

A Mind-Controlled Robotic Hand With A Sense Of Touch
http://www.popsci.com/article/science/mind-controlled-robotic-hand-sense-touch

Common Goal Partnering: An Exciting New Model For Cloud Service Providers
http://www.forbes.com/sites/netapp/2014/02/11/cgp-cloud/

‘Brazil Is Not A Civilized Country’ Says The Country’s Most Controversial News Anchor
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andersonantunes/2014/02/10/brazi…ws-anchor/

Inside Google’s Mysterious Ethics Board
http://www.forbes.com/sites/privacynotice/2014/02/03/inside-…sform-tech

Looking To Amazon, BuildDirect Raises $30M To Take On Home Improvement Giants
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2014/01/21/buildirect…sform-tech

Don’t Believe The Innovation Cliché: Think Outside The Box But Stay Inside It
http://www.forbes.com/sites/dileeprao/2014/02/03/dont-believ…nking-risk

Former NSA Security Architect Pushes Email Encryption For The Masses
http://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2014/02/10/former…nking-risk

Google’s Market Cap Hits $400 Billion for First Time
http://mashable.com/2014/02/11/google-400-billion/

NASA Wants to 3D Print Equipment in Space
http://mashable.com/2014/02/10/nasa-3d-printing-space/

The Felino cB7 is a Racers Dream, Will it Transition from Track to Road?
http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles…-Road.aspx

The Naval Postgraduate School Focuses on Systems Engineering
http://www.engineering.com/Education/EducationArticles/Artic…ering.aspx

Al Qaeda is “morphing,” not on the run, intel chiefs say
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/al-qaeda-is-morphing-not-on-the-…hiefs-say/

The New World’s Most Powerful Laser Can Destroy Any Planet Humans Want

The New World’s Most Powerful Laser Can Destroy Any Planet Humans Want

Entrepreneurship at MIT
http://executive.mit.edu/blog/2014/02/entrepreneurship-at-mit/

Future of Manufacturing
http://executive.mit.edu/openenrollment/program/future_of_manufacturing/53

Strategies for Sustainable Business
http://executive.mit.edu/openenrollment/program/strategies_f…usiness/55

Leading Change in Complex Organizations
http://executive.mit.edu/openenrollment/program/leading_chan…zations/22

QUOTATION(S): “…All the notions we thought solid, all the values of civilized life, all that made for stability in international relations, all that made for regularity in the economy … in a word, all that tended happily to limit the uncertainty of the morrow, all that gave nations and individuals some confidence in the morrow … all this seems badly compromised. I have consulted all augurs I could find, of every species, and I have heard only vague words, contradictory prophecies, curiously feeble assurances. Never has humanity combined so much power with so much disorder, so much anxiety with so many playthings, so much knowledge with so much uncertainty…”

CITATION(S): “…There is nothing so big nor so crazy that one out of a million technological societies may not feel itself driven to do, provided it is physically possible…” AND “…That instability [between stasis and dynamism], or our awareness of it, heightened by the fluidity of contemporary life: by the ease with which ideas and messages, goods and people, cross borders; by technologies that seek to surpass the quickness of the human mind and overcome the constraints of the human body; by the ‘universal solvents’ of commerce and popular culture; by the dissolution or reformation of established institutions, particularly large corporations, and the rise of new ones; by the synthesis of East and West, of ancient and modern ─ by the combination and recombination of seemingly every artifact of human culture. Ours is a magnificently creative era. But the creativity produces change, and that change attracts enemies, philosophical as well as self-interested… With some exceptions, the enemies of the future aim their attacks not at creativity itself but at the dynamical processes through which it is carried. In our post ─ Cold War era, for instance, free markets are recognized as powerful forces for social cultural, and technological change ─ liberating in the eyes of some, threatening to others. The same is true for markets in ideas: for free speech and worldwide communication; for what John Stuart Mill called ‘experiments in living’; for scientific research, artistic expression, and technological innovation. All of these processes are shaping an unknown, and unknowable, future. Some people look at such diverse, decentralized, choice-driven systems and rejoice, even when they don’t like particular choices. Other recoil. In pursuit of stability and control, they seek to eliminate or curb these unruly, too-creative forces … Stasists and dynamists are thus divided not just by simple, short-term policy issues but by fundamental disagreements about the way the world works. They clash over the nature of progress and over its desirability: Does it require a plan to reach a specified goal? Or is it an unbounded process of exploration and discovery? Does the quest for improvement express destructive, nihilistic discontent, or the highest human qualities? Does progress depend on puritanical repression or a playful spirit? … Stasists and dynamists disagree about the limits and use of knowledge. Stasists demand that knowledge be articulated and easily shared. Dynamists, by contrast, appreciate dispersed, often tacit knowledge. They recognize the limits of human minds even as they celebrate learning … Those conflicts lead to very different beliefs about good institutions and rules: Stasists seek specifics to govern each new situation and keep things under control. Dynamicists want to limit universal rulemaking to broadly applicable and rarely changed principles, within which people can create and test countless combinations. Stasists want their detailed ruled to apply to everyone; dynamists prefer competing, nested rule sets … Such disagreements have political ramifications that go much deeper than the short-term business of campaigns and legislation. They affect our governing assumptions about how political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural systems work; what those systems should value; and what they mean .… These are not the comfortable old Cold War divisions of hawks and doves, egalitarians and individualists, left and right. Nor are they the one-dimensional labels of technophile and technophobe, optimist and pessimist, or libertarian and stasist that pundits sometimes grab to replace the old categories. They contain elements of those simpler classifications, but they are much richer, encompassing more aspects of life ─ more aspects of the emergent, complex future…”

NEWEST, PRACTICAL PRINCIPAL (TENETS) TO SEIZE PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS SUCCESS: (7) Reverse-engineering a gene and a bacterium or, better yet, the lucrative genome. (8) Guillotine the over-weighted status quo. (9) Learn how to add up ─ in your own brainy mind ─ colors, dimensions, aromas, encryptions, enigmas, phenomena, geometrical and amorphous in-motion shapes, methods, techniques, codes, written lines, symbols, contexts, locus, venues, semantic terms, magnitudes, longitudes, processes, tweets, “…knowledge-laden…” hunches and omniscient bliss, so forth. (10) Project your wisdom’s wealth onto communities of timeless-connected wikis.

BOOK(S): The Predictioneer’s Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future by Bruce Bueno De Mesquita. ISBN-13: 978–0812979770

Regards,

Mr. Andres Agostini
Risk-Management Futurist
and Success Consultant
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