Homo Techno #3
Where we're headed
[TL;DR Basically we’re gonna live in a sci-fi movie]
Core Concepts
The Kardashev Scale
A measurement of societal technological prowess
The Fermi Paradox
Where are all the aliens?
The Post-Scarcity Economy
All goods & services become ridiculously cheap as input costs decline. Dangerous & low skill labor replaced by cheaper robot labor
The Catalyst: “The Technoking”
The Collective Consciousness
Is all of life the same?
Possible Future Events
Climate Refugee Crisis
Billions displaced near the equator & coastlines
New Pandemic
Could be deadlier next time around
Bill Gates supports World Health Organization(WHO), known to be bureaucratic and corrupted by Chinese funding. Take his opinions with a grain of salt
Devastating Natural Disasters
Mega-hurricanes, mega-tsunamis, mega-earthquakes, mega-wildfires & major solar storms
Catastrophic Natural Disasters
Super-volcanoes & asteroid impacts
Population Collapse
Declining fertility & children economically disincentivized
World War 3
Falling victim to our primitive instincts of tribalism
AI Takeover
I hope and think this is unlikely
Alien Invasion
Not expecting it at all
Emerging Industries
Next-gen Biotech
Dirt cheap DNA sequencing + AI individualized diagnosis & treatment
tackle human errors in healthcare system
faster more effective solutions
possibly cheaper & better accessibility
mRNA therapy: Moderna (Ticker: MRNA)
HIV vaccine
chronic/genetic disorder treatments
better cancer therapy
Synthetic cannabinoids
effective/holistic treatment of inflammation
endocannabinoid mastery
Synthetic biology
Using engineered nature to solve problems
Robotics
Tesla (Ticker: TSLA)
A must-watch video
Boston Dynamics
Commercial Spaceflight & Industrialization
SpaceX: Starship + Starlink
Bringing $/kg down to the hundreds & providing internet across the globe at broadband speeds
RocketLab (Ticker: RKLB)
The taxi to the bus
Brain-Computer Interface
Neuralink
Increasing our bandwidth to computers beyond your fingers
Kernel: Flow
Non-intrusive real-time brain scanning
AI Everything
Nvidia: tensor processing units (TPUs) (Ticker: NVDA)
AI specialized processors
Palantir: big data & deep learning analytics (Ticker: PLTR)
Led by Stanford graduate & eclectic Alex Karp
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
OpenAI
DeepMind
A google subsidiary
Quantum Computing
IonQ (Ticker: IONQ)
Works with The White House, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, Samsung, Hyundai & Kia
Nano-tech
Further
I may have missed out on some other emerging industries & things much further out than normally imagined, but not to worry I will elaborate on those in further posts! Subscribe to stay updated
fascinating stuff