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Economy AI & Work

What if survival was no longer the point?

Diamandis sketches a post-scarcity future: advanced AI and robots producing food, energy, healthcare, and education at near-zero cost. Basic survival becomes a given. Human purpose takes centre stage.

Worth noting

Many commenters push back — understandably. Entrenched power structures have little incentive to relinquish supremacy. The vision is compelling; the path there is the hard part.

Dec 28, 2025
Health World

When you can no longer trust the public health system

Epidemiologist Dr. Katelyn Jetelina: "For the first time in my career, I cannot tell people to trust the CDC website without hesitation." A sobering marker of how politicisation is eroding the institutions we rely on most.

Why it matters

When credibility collapses in public health, individuals are left navigating without a compass. This is exactly the kind of systemic uncertainty Brave New Reality is built for.

Nov 20, 2025
Technology World

See the swarm: our planet is more networked than you think

A live 3D interactive map of every satellite — and every piece of debris — wrapping around Earth. Spectacular to look at. More importantly, it's a visceral reminder of how deeply interconnected, and how rapidly evolving, our world already is.

Try it

satellitemap.space — worth five minutes of your time. Switch between satellite types and debris layers. The debris layer alone is a conversation starter.

Nov 14, 2025
Technology AI & Work

The next platform will sit on your face

After years of watching this space, the crossover moment feels real. Barclays analysts predict smart glasses could be the most disruptive innovation since mobile phones — 60 million units by 2035. That estimate may be conservative.

The shift

From staring down at a thin brick to a hands-free, AI agent-driven wearable. The form factor changes everything about how we interact with information — and each other.

Oct 17, 2025
AI & Work Economy

AI's hidden cost — and it's showing up on your electricity bill

A single large data center can consume as much electricity as a small city. With AI and cloud computing growing exponentially, the strain on power grids is real — and the companies with trillion-dollar market caps are at the centre of it.

The personal impact

The feeding frenzy for US electrical energy will likely mean higher bills and infrastructure stress for ordinary households — a cost of the AI boom that rarely makes the headlines.

Via Harvard Law School
Technology World

Drone delivery is no longer a concept — it's a service

Wing (Alphabet) is expanding to 100 Walmart stores across Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando and Tampa. Amazon Prime Air is close behind. With a 6–7 mile range and 5lb payload, the last-mile delivery race is well underway.

Worth watching

The linked video walks through Wing's full delivery process — more interesting than you'd expect. The logistics of autonomous airspace management alone are remarkable.

Via YouTube / Wing