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Nov 7, 2016

Elon Musk: “There’s a Pretty Good Chance We’ll End Up With Universal Basic Income”

Posted by in categories: economics, Elon Musk, employment, robotics/AI

In Brief:

  • Experts assert that, in the coming years, robots will take over hundreds of thousands of jobs that are traditionally done by humans.
  • In a recent interview, Elon Musk stated that Universal Basic Income may be the only economic response to this increasing automation and job loss.

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Nov 7, 2016

Thousands of people have changed their votes after taking this quiz. Will you?

Posted by in category: transhumanism

I’m excited to be featured and have some pictures in a new Washington Post story today about ISideWith. Check it out! https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/11…-will-you/ #transhumanism #Election2016 #ScienceCandidate


ISideWith.com has boosted support for third-party candidates.

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Nov 7, 2016

Elon Musk: Skeptics of Self-Driving Cars Are Basically “Killing People”

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, sustainability, transportation

Tesla’s Elon Musk gives a grave warning to those trying to hold back self-driving car technology. According to him, we have it all backwards.

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Nov 7, 2016

Why Einstein Thought a World Government Was a Good Idea

Posted by in category: government

The idea of a world government has been a hot topic in the U.S. elections and throughout history.

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Nov 7, 2016

The Universe Might Have a Delete Button — and It Could Destroy Physics as We Know It

Posted by in categories: physics, space

Here’s something to think about — physicists have proposed that the Universe could have a ‘self destruct’ mechanism, whereby everything in existence could disappear forever at any time, without warning.

Yep, as the video by Kurzgesagt — In a Nutshell above explains, if this self-destruct button turns out to be a real thing, it means we could be here one second, and gone the next, and we’d never even see it coming.

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Nov 7, 2016

A Universe in a Nutshell: The Physics of Everything, with Michio Kaku

Posted by in categories: cosmology, information science, physics

What if we could find one single equation that explains every force in the universe? Professor Michio Kaku explores how physics could potentially shrink the science of the big bang into an equation as small as E=mc².

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Nov 7, 2016

NASA Successfully Tests the Engine That Will Take Us to Mars

Posted by in category: space travel

NASA tests the engine for the most powerful rocket ever built, designed for deep-space missions.

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Nov 7, 2016

Viruses Can Be Genetically Modified To Transmit Energy

Posted by in categories: genetics, solar power, sustainability

Viral solar panels could be most efficient ever.

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Nov 7, 2016

Elon Musk says Tesla will have fully autonomous cars by the end of 2017

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, sustainability, transportation

All Tesla’s new cars will come with the necessary hardware to drive themselves.

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Nov 7, 2016

How to read a book without opening it

Posted by in category: futurism

New technique allows scientists to read the pages of an ancient text without opening the book.

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