The quest-a thirst unquenchable..
Quest - a thrust unquestionable..
To produce sufficient food for the estimated – nine billion people in 20 years, experiments with vertical farming, rooftop gardening and even sea-farming are being conducted. Food is inefficiently hauled around the world to feed cities and to provide people who live in places where no food can...
A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / Saturday with Budthu (SwB) / View from Giants' shoulder
by thequestforum · Published October 28, 2017
In conversation with Amy Harmon, the two–time Pulitzer Prize–winning national correspondent for The New York Times, covering the intersection of science and society. In celebration of Tyson’s new book, “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry,” the duo will discuss his illustrious career as a science communicator and the...
For members / Saturday with Budthu (SwB) / View from Giants' shoulder
by thequestforum · Published October 28, 2017
curiosity corner / For members / pleasure of knowledge
by thequestforum · Published October 17, 2017
The personal data that is being collected by internet companies has turned into a goldmine. The applications for this enormous mountain of data is endless, from health care uses to marketeers who can accurately predict your behavior. But who is making money from your data? And who owns...
One of the topics we’ve repeatedly returned to here at ExtremeTech is the state of Moore’s Law and its long-term future. Our conclusions have often been at odds with public statements by semiconductor designers and the foundries that build their hardware. Intel, for example, is still stressing the importance and...
We’ve heard a lot of rhetoric lately suggesting that countries like the US are losing valuable manufacturing jobs to lower-cost markets like China, Mexico and Vietnam — and that protectionism is the best way forward. But those jobs haven’t disappeared for the reasons you may think, says border...
In the highly-anticipated sequel Homo Deus, Harari looks to the future, exploring how godlike technologies such as artificial intelligence and genetic engineering will define what we become. Recorded on 02/27/2017
Someday, engineers will build large quantum computers that can solve currently impossible science problems, crack unbreakable encryption, and make artificial intelligence smarter. In the meantime, companies building quantum computers are trying to figure out how to use the small ones they expect to build in the coming years. Decades of...
A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / pleasure of knowledge
by thequestforum · Published September 22, 2017
Sam Harris answers questions on his A.M.A. #7 podcast. Here are the questions from fans that Sam answers. Is it possible that the mindfulness notion of the self being an illusion is itself an illusion? Tell me some real life examples that are good for society and...
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