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Inventing the College Equivalency Scale
There are many ways to absorb the information required to earn the equivalent of a college degree, but it’s only possible to get official college credentials by attending an official institution of higher education. The average annual cost of undergraduate tuition and...
Democracy Vs. Autocracy: What does the Future Hold?
The war in Ukraine hasn’t concluded as of this writing, and victory for either side has yet to be determined. But regardless of how this tragedy turns out, to the surprise of many people worldwide, the bulk of Russia’s ground-based military was stopped in its...
Creating New Countries in the Future will be Challenging at Best
Would the world be better off with relatively more countries or relatively fewer countries? Are the countries we see across the world meeting the needs of the world and their citizens? Should we celebrate or be concerned about the formation of new countries? Most...
How much will my metaverse real estate be worth ten years from now?
We're starting to see metaverse real estate companies and developers coming out of the meta-woodwork, but everyone seems to have that lingering question in the back of their mind: Is this a good investment? And how much will it be worth ten years from now? Before we...
How to Run a Cooking School in the Metaverse
While it's already possible to run a virtual reality (VR) cooking school in the metaverse, one that demonstrates a three-dimensional Julia Child approach to preparing food, there are several emerging technologies that will add entirely new sensory experiences. These...
Are We Alone? The Fallacies and Misguided Thinking behind the Drake Equation
The Drake equation was formulated in 1961 by Dr. Frank Drake, an astronomer and astrophysicist, for purposes of beginning the process of quantifying the number of civilizations that might exist in the universe. It’s a very imprecise, back-of-the-envelope equation – I...
When the Dark Web meets the Metaverse
What will you be able to do in the Metaverse that you can’t do in real life? Not much, according to metaverse promoters. And as can be expected these days, there are plenty of people who would like to push the boundaries. Given the perceived anonymity of the...
Four Laws for Managing the Laws
By my count, the U.S. currently has more laws than any country at any time in history. Well, that’s not true – the part about “my count.” No one could possibly count all the laws on the books across the U.S. It’s not surprising, then, that the U.S. has far more...
Power Beaming Satellites: A technology that can Completely Change the World … and we’re Close!
The idea of wireless power was first explored by Nikola Tesla over 120 years ago. We’re probably fortunate that his concepts weren’t fully implemented back then, because his approach relied on oscillators that nearly brought down buildings and were dubbed “earthquake...
Nine Unintended Consequences from our Approach to COVID
If it feels to you like we’re currently living in a new world with a new version of the future than we envisioned three years ago, you’re not alone ... and I think you’re right. To put it mildly, many things have changed since January 2020 and those changes are...
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