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Should we Gamify Citizenship in the Metaverse?
Four years ago, I analyzed the benefits, downsides, and challenges related to creating a citizenship rating system that would document a person’s value to society. And we further discussed the topic in a recent podcast interview with Shermon Cruz, Chair of the...
Private Space Stations: The Future Portals for Private Space Commerce and Tourism
The future of space research and development is tied to private enterprise – specifically private space stations. Now that government-funded programs have proven basic concepts about getting to and living/working in space, NASA and agencies from other countries will...
Next Up – Decentralized Venture Capital
Combine ABC’s Shark Tank, crowdfunding, and decentralized apps using blockchain technology and you have a pretty good idea of the concept behind decentralized venture capital (DVC) markets also referred to as venture DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations). DVCs...
57 Jobs of the Future
In hindsight, it’s easy to see that in nearly every generation, innovation impacted job markets and employment trends. It’s not news that human workers are replaced by new technology and that, fortunately, new technology spurs the creation of new jobs and job...
What Happens When We Lose Control of AI?
You’d think it would be difficult to find something that Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Andrew Ng, and Vladimir Putin all agree on, but here’s one: All agree that artificial intelligence (AI) comes with inherent risks that we know of, as well as a few risks we...
Smart Contracts are Here and They’re Getting Smarter
In a recent podcast interview, Max Galka, CEO of Elementus.io (a “search engine for non-private blockchain”) explained the fundamentals of blockchain-based smart contracts using a travel insurance policy as an example. In that scenario, a person taking out a travel...
Using the Transformative Nature of Bitcoin to Understand Our Future
Lately Bitcoin and the blockchain have been occupying more and more of my attention and I recently found myself watching Andreas Antonopoulos's excellent talk "Introduction to Bitcoin: what is bitcoin and why does it matter?". It does such a terrific job of...
The End of the Internal Combustion Engine
Two recent developments will speed up the world’s transition to all-electric cars ... and the demise of automobile/light vehicle internal combustion engines (ICE). At the recent COP 26 conference in Glasgow, more than 100 entities signed the Glasgow Accord on Zero...
Are we heading towards a Technological Singularity?
No one would argue that technology is progressing at a rapid pace. Blockchain, virtual reality, 3D printing, autonomous transportation – it’s difficult to keep up with developments in these and other breakthrough technologies. Major areas of innovation are arriving...
DAOs: Paving the way for Boss Less Businesses and Organizations of the Future
Blockchain technology is continuing to transform fundamental institutions. We saw this first with cyber currency and related financial systems, then with art and entertainment, and now you can add organizational structures to that list. Since blockchain can encrypt...
