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Despite huge environmnental challenges, Sylvia Earle believes there is not better time in history to be alive. Now 90, the pioneering ocean explorer has this message of hope for humanity. Links: Friends of Ocean Action: https://www.weforum.org/friends-of-ocean-action/ Mission Blu ...  Show more

Robots have been used in manufacturing for decades, but the rise of physical AI means the machines can do many things that used to be impossible. In this episode, co-hosted by Kiva Allgood, who heads the Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains at the World Economic Fo ...  Show more

As technology becomes increasingly intertwined in our daily lives and important for driving development and prosperity, questions of safety, human interaction and trust become critical to addressing both benefits and risks.

How can technology amplify our humanity?

The game theory was simpler during a cold war between two states armed to the teeth; the nuclear world order has since become far more complex and dangerous. Nvidia is <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2024/03/20/can-anything-stop-nvidias-jensen-huang?utm_campaign=a. ...

Melting ski slopes, floods and droughts are enraging the continent’s citizens, but not quite enough for them to consider <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/03/04/europes-new-look-winter-floods-high-sea-levels-and-melting-glaciers?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio. ...

As had long been telegraphed, Ukraine’s top general Valery Zaluzhny is now out; Oleksandr Syrsky is in. That marks a new phase in the war, and an opportunity for President Volodymyr Zelensky to reframe its terms. American car-insurance costs are skyrocketing—but, perversely, they ...  Show more