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From Our Weekly Note and More
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On "Ultra-Processed" Foods, Agriculture Tech and More
To reduce many health risks, people need to improve their diet , exercise regularly and not smoke. Agricultural and food technologies will have an increasing role in the availability of affordable and sustainable food offerings.
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More Views and Education on AI
Comments from the OECD, Brookings Institution, Dimensional Research and Andrew Ng’s “AI For Everyone”
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Notre Dame: Designing Version 2.0
As dozens of proposals are submitted, we highlight a few. Several incorporate sustainable approaches. A modern plan could inspire innovation in other architectural projects.
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On "Beyond Meat" and More
Comments on Beyond Meat’s IPO, views from Tyson Foods on planet and lab based protein and more
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Views on Uber's IPO
As Uber prepares for its IPO roadshow, comments from Fortune, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Barron’s and more
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On AI, Sustainability and Earth Day
Comments from PwC’s report “How AI can enable a sustainable future”, Microsoft President Brad Smith on “as we double down on sustainability”, Apple’s “Environmental Responsibility Report” and the Pew Research Center’s “For Earth Day, how Americans see climate change".
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On Cyber-Farming, AI Ethics and More
From MIT Media lab's “The Future of Agriculture is Computerized", the European Commission’s “Artificial Intelligence ethics guidelines”, the Brookings Institution’s “Credit Denial in the Age of AI” and NY Times “A.I. Is Changing Insurance”
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On Reforming Capitalism - According to Ray Dalio
Comments from Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, on “Why and How Capitalism Needs to be Reformed” The firmsis the world’s largest hedge fund with about $125 billion in assets.
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Smart Cities: Today and Beyond
Comments from Singularity University’s Peter Diamandis on “Imagining the Smart Cities of 2050” and Ben Green’s upcoming book “The Smart Enough City: Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future (Strong Ideas)”
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The Web @ 30: Then and Now
As the World Wide Web turns 30 years old, consider the comments from its creator Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, his current project, called Solid, and Facebook’s new focus on private, encrypted services.
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On Facebook, J-Coin, Cashless Societies and more
The world’s biggest internet messaging companies and financial firms hope to succeed where cryptocurrency start-ups have failed by introducing mainstream consumers to the alternative world of digital coins.
![On Real Estate, Sustainable Investing and Blockchain Use](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567c3510a12f44019c963eb0/1551116017829-JOY3ZWJ33TEZNPL6S9D7/Blockchain.jpg)
On Real Estate, Sustainable Investing and Blockchain Use
Blockchain technologies are being deployed in a controlled fashion in many industries (including shipping, energy, healthcare, telecommunications, financial services).
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On JP Morgan's Digital Money
Last week, JP Morgan announced that the firm is working on a JPM Coin “designed to make instantaneous payments using blockchain technology.”
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On Facebook and "Surveillance Capitalism"
Comments by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, investor Roger McNamee and Harvard Business School professor Shoshana Zuboff