by Warp Institute | Nov 11, 2020 | Media, π Premium Content, π₯ Optimist's Edge
This headline in The Guardian is typical: “Local journalism is on its knees β endangering democracy.”Looking at me over the table and some thick law books was a handful of serious people telling us the same thing as the Guardian headline. They were CEOs...
by Warp Institute | Nov 10, 2020 | π Human Progress
Schmidt Ocean Institute announced on October 26th that scientists have discovered a huge detached coral reef in the Great Barrier Reef. The coral reef measures more than 500 meter high, making it taller than the Empire State Building, the Sydney Tower and Petronas...
by Warp Institute | Nov 10, 2020 | π Premium Content, π₯ Optimist's Edge
Optimism is sometimes dismissed as a kind of cognitive bias. The optimists want the world to be better than it is, they do not see the reality of the way the world is changing, they invest in hopes not facts.In contrast pessimists are seen as wise, Β realistic and...
by Warp Institute | Nov 9, 2020 | β€οΈ Health Tech, Coronavirus
The so-called interim analysis looked at the first 94 confirmed cases of Covid-19 among the over 43,000 volunteers who received either two doses of the vaccine or placebo. It found that less than 10 percent of infections were in participants who received the vaccine...
by Warp Institute | Nov 9, 2020 | Elon Musk, Hyperloop, π Transportation
The new way of transportation, Hyperloop, took a step forward when it gave a short ride to two passengers.Several competing Hyperloops are being developed globally, but it was Virgin Hyperloop who got there first.At their test- and development facility in Nevada Josh...