Cell-based meat approved in the US for the first time ever
Earlier this week it was announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declared UPSIDE Foods’ cultured chicken safe to eat. This approval came in the form of a No Questions Letter from the FDA in response to the application for GRAS, or Generally Regarded as Safe, …
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Oral Contraception Doubled the Sales of Ballpoint Pens (The Pattern of Disruption, Part 9) - Russell Marker was a man who was good at finding… 
Rocket to the Cristal (The Pattern of Disruption, Part 8) - By all accounts the crowds were buzzing with excitement one… 
Clean technology disruptions can springboard Sri Lanka from economic collapse to unthinkable prosperity - Sri Lanka is deeply embroiled in a crisis. Fuel shortages… 
Dropping Silk Stockings Created an Oral Health Revolution (The Pattern of Disruption, Part 7) - For most of human history, it was not routine for… 
Largest EU economy can reach 100% ‘clean energy’ by 2035 for less than fossil fuel spending - Germany can shift its entire electricity system onto solar, wind… Rethinking Humanity (latest book)
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How Autonomous Vehicles will Trigger the Age of Robots
In August of 2021, Elon Musk revealed the Tesla Bot at the company’s “AI Day” event. At the time the announcement was so unexpected that some journalists, pundits, and analysts believed it to be a joke. But Musk subsequently clarified not only that the humanoid robot is a real product …
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The Shipping Container Disruption Helped End Famines (The Pattern of Disruption, Part 6)
Images from Unsplash by Spencer Davis and Avel Chuklanov The basics of life – energy, minerals, water, food – are not evenly distributed around the world, so peace and prosperity depend strongly on the ability to move goods and people quickly and cheaply. That’s how a seemingly obscure technology …
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could spark global food riots – the solution is precision fermentation
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is about to set in motion a chain of feedback effects leading to a sudden, rapid escalation of global political instability. Various UN agencies, and now the IMF, have warned of social unrest at a similar scale to the ‘Arab Spring’ events in 2011. What few understand is …