In this live interview with Oculus and Anduril founder Palmer Luckey – joined by Anduril Chief Engineer Shane Arnott – we look at the future of defense, geopolitics, and Australia’s future in a transformed Indo-Pacific region. Have we shifted toward a defense-driven future? Recorded at the ArtHouse Hotel, Sydney, 18 August 2022. (Photo credit: Mr Snow)
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Author mpescePosted on Episode 6.16 How to be a Futurist
Three big transformations – one that’s has already happened (the Web), one happening now (augmented reality), and one about to happen – illuminate the path (and pitfalls) for those anyone who wants to articulate the future. Listen, and learn how to be your own futurist!
Big thanks to the folks at Quantium for allowing me to share this in-house talk I gave to staffers in August 2022.
Author mpescePosted on Episode 6.14 Are you Crypto Crazy? Put it Somewhere Safe
If you own cryptocurrency, where do you keep it safe? Who’s responsible for the contents of your ‘wallet’? Both ‘custodial’ and ‘personal’ wallets have strengths and weaknesses – which is right for your needs?
Author mpescePosted on Episode 6.09 Are you crypto crazy? Ethereum: The Big If
Ethereum marries money to code, creating ‘smart money’ that can think for itself, invest for itself, and earn a profit for itself. Ethereum was the future – five years ago. But with big problems to solve, can it remain top dog much longer?
Author mpescePosted on Episode 6.08 Are you crypto crazy? Bitcoin: The Firstborn
How does Bitcoin work? Is it really worth anything, or could its value fall to zero? Why would ‘value investor’ Warren Buffet refuse a deal to buy all the Bitcoin in the world – for just $25?
Watch Warren Buffet’s full argument against Bitcoin here.
Author mpescePosted on Episode 6.07 Turn off the digital licence NOW
Since 2019 Service NSW has provided a Digital Drivers Licence (DDL) Today we learned it’s extremely easy to counterfeit by anyone with modest technical skills. That’s a huge security risk – for businesses and ourselves!
Author mpescePosted on Episode 6.04 Briefing: What happens when good AI turns to the dark side?
A recent experiment showed that any AI can be ‘turned to the dark side’ simply by reframing its goals. It’s surprisingly easy – and that points to a big problem.
If you’d like to read the paper – published in Nature – click here.
Author mpescePosted on Episode 6.03 2022 Predictions: We ask the experts
We turn to the experts – Jason Calacanis, Sally Dominguez, Ramez Naam, Drew Smith, Mark Jeffrey and Tony Parisi – to learn their predictions for the future of work, sustainable energy, transportation, cryptocurrencies and the metaverse.
Author mpescePosted on Episode 6.02 – 2022 Predictions: I’m a Futurist, not a psychic!
At the start of 2021 I made four big predictions for the year about digital currencies, the transition to a sustainable economy, geopolitics and social media. How did I score? (Hint: I got to grade myself.)
Author mpescePosted on Episode 6.01 – New and Improved Futures!
A new series, a new podcast production partner – and a new theme: WORLDCHANGING, bringing together amazing talent, tools, and a driving need change the world in this decade! We’re bringing you WORLDCHANGING stories in series 6 of The Next Billion Seconds.
Have a look at Saul Griffith’s amazing new book, The Big Switch: Australia’s electric future
And – if you use Microsoft Windows – you can have a play with that early metaverse software that Tony Parisi and I wrote, nearly 30 years ago – just go here.
Author mpescePosted on SUSTAIN #6: What three changes can we make to effortlessly lower our carbon emissions?
We worry that doing ‘the right thing’ for the climate will be hard yards. Three simple, easy changes show us how much we can do – and how empowered we already are to fix this problem.
Here’s the New York Times reporting on the rains in Greenland.
A recent survey of 16-25 year olds reveals the majority feel ‘doomed’ because of climate change.
Our World in Data visualises an ugly truth: Australians emit more carbon per person than almost everyone else.
What to do?
CHOICE shows you how to identify and switch over to a renewable electricity generator. Switching to a renewable electricity generator does more to lower your carbon emissions than any other single act. Let’s do this!
Author mpescePosted on SUSTAIN #4: Would electrifying everything eliminate carbon emissions?
Inventor Saul Griffith has a radical proposal: electrify everything, saving energy, money, and cutting emissions almost to zero. It simultaneouisly transforms the costs of climate change into enormous opportunities. Co-host Sally Dominguez explores three amazing new battery technologies.
A must-read companion to SUSTAIN:
Saul Griffith’s forthcoming book ELECTRIFY is, well, an electrifying read that makes the clear, and obvious case that electrifying everything (coupled with renewable generation) is the win-win solution for the planet and our economy. Pre-order it here.
Sally Dominguez loves sodium-ion batteries, and here’s a report about why they may come to rival the dominant Lithium-ion batteries we use today…
Sally and I both love ‘structural batteries’ – they’ll allow us to store electricity pretty much everywhere, in pretty much everything. Read about them here.
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