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👍 Born into a Facebook group?
I once listened to one of Estonia’s creators of their e-citizenship.
He said that nations are great, but it’s a bit like being born into a Facebook group – and only being allowed to belong to that group for the rest of your life.
If you are lucky, it’s a group of sensible, funny, kind people.
If you are unlucky, it is a group of crazy conspiracy theorists.
There should be greater freedom of choice, he said.
Estonia sees itself as a startup company and because citizenship is central to a nation, they have started to transform that to a digital thing.
It is inspiring and something we can learn from – and of course become e-residents there.
Anna Rennéus Guthrie writes about the digital nation E-stonia in this week’s Optimist’s Edge article (below)
💡Optimist’s Edge: E-stonia keeps investing in digital residency – and so should you
Estonia is the first country in the world to implement an e-residency, open for application for anyone who runs a business.
This is what you need to know to take advantage of what Estonia offers and influence your country in following their lead.
💡Optimist’s Edge: E-stonia keeps investing in digital residency – and so should you
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🔧 Nobel Prize winner Gustaf Dalén – the eternal optimist
Gustaf Dalén was the Nobel laureate who experimented and developed a new cooker in his own kitchen. The new cooker revolutionized household work. He was not only a genius engineer, he was also an optimist!
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Fact-based optimistic news of the week
💉The HPV vaccine is better than expected
Women who have received the HPV vaccine have a broader protection against cancer than previously thought, a new study concludes.
🛒 Browser extension helps you make green choices
This new browser extension uses machine learning to help you choose Amazon products based on their sustainability.
👟🎈 Walking on balloons – new shoe makes it possible
A company turns old party balloons and tire leftovers into fashionable, ethical, vegan sneakers.
👩🏻🔬 Study opens for chip implants in humans
The Swedish chip implant company DSruptive Subdermals publishes a report from the first clinical study ever with temperature-measuring implants for humans.
🚀 Jeff Bezos is going to space – you don’t have to be a billionaire to follow him
Going to space will fast become much cheaper than most people think. You won’t have to be a billionaire or even a millionaire to follow Bezos.
🐝 Sponsor-A-Hive – good for the bees and food security
Sponsor-A-Hive is giving away hundreds of homes for native bees. The project promotes food security as well as protecting the bees.
☀️ Major hurdle in fusion energy cleared
Fusion power, the holy grail in energy production, has taken a leap. At the research center, CCFE, new results show great potential of overcoming the “exhaust”-problem.
👵 Optimists live longer
According to a study, women and men live significantly longer if they are optimistic. For women, the effect was almost as great as the difference between those who have not been diagnosed with diabetes and those who have.
🛰 This is how Starlink works in England – a users review
Beginning this year, Starlink is expanding to other countries. Louis Anslow is one of the early adopters who has gotten Starlink, we asked what he thinks so far.
