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Why can’t we just put a space station on the Moon already? The tyranny of distance Food and power We also need to think about what astronauts staying at the space station would need. The most important things would be a food supply and electricity to power equipment, food production and breathable air. Scientists have been working on how to grow food in space. On board the International Space Station, astronauts are carrying out experiments to try togrow vegetablesusing soil pillows....

Why China’s Communist approach to AI is a blueprint for second place Data isn’t everything Communism The means of production, in 1949, when the People’s Republic of China was formed, was agriculture and industry. Today, it’s technology. The advent and implementation of deep learning has lead to a revolution in China’s healthcare and infrastructure. Since 2018 the PRC’sexpanded it’s national insuranceto cover nearly every citizen in China. Doctor and author Eric Topol described the impact AI’s had on that growth in a recent article by Eleanor Olcott for theFinancial Times:...

Why companies are choosing not to be listed on the stock market Is going private worth it? The big turn-off For one thing, there is enough money to be found elsewhere that companies don’t need to raise funds through a flotation. The world’s central banks have been increasing the money supply by slashing interest rates and “printing money” via quantitative easing (QE) since the financial crisis of 2007-09, but the latest round of QE in response to the pandemic has taken this to a whole new level....

Why companies are choosing not to be listed on the stock market Is going private worth it? The big turn-off For one thing, there is enough money to be found elsewhere that companies don’t need to raise funds through a flotation. The world’s central banks have been increasing the money supply by slashing interest rates and “printing money” via quantitative easing (QE) since the financial crisis of 2007-09, but the latest round of QE in response to the pandemic has taken this to a whole new level....

Why companies should stop trying to be “AI-first” When AI itself becomes the goal, we lose sight of the problems we must solve Being solution-driven vs problem-driven One of the themes that Heimann returns to in the book is having the wrong focus. When companies talk about being “AI-first,” their goal becomes to somehow integrate the latest and greatest advances in AI research into their products (orat least pretend to do so)....