Intelligent Optimism

The future is better than you think. Founder: Rohan Roberts |

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Forty ways the world is getting better. via @HumanProgress #progress #intelligentoptimism https://t.co/VUAUF1pcQV

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With so many organizations in on the effort, it seems like it’s only a matter of time before humans take that one small step once again.
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Tech inventor #ElonMusk has developed a “tiny, kid-size submarine” that could help rescue the four boys and their soccer coach who remain trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand.

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The drop-off in the price of computing power is so steep that it's difficult to comprehend. A megabyte of computer memory cost 400 million dollars in 1957. In 2013 dollars, that would be 2.6 billion. In 2015, a megabyte of memory cost about one cent. https://t.co/Je9IOjRfae

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"Through cognitive reframing, we can shift our perception of ourselves and the world with less emphasis on maladaptive beliefs and more on opportunities." - Raya Bidshahri, co-founder of @IntOptm, via @singularityhub

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#Norway's "#sustainable city of the future" will use energy created within the city itself, and #driverless, electric cars will roam its streets.
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When the world gets better, we become harsher critics of it, and this can cause us to mistakenly conclude that it hasn't actually gotten better at all. Progress tends to mask itself.
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[Human Progress @HumanProgress]

Slavery was once a universal phenomenon. Today, all countries ban slavery - a triumph for humanism. https://t.co/5M6cre82Zm

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We may have a new hope in the hunt for a steady supply of oxygen on the Red Planet: cyanobacteria. This family of bacteria sucks up carbon dioxide and discharges oxygen in some of Earth’s most inhospitable environments. via @futurism
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"Nuclear waste has never been a real problem. In fact, it’s the best solution to the environmental impacts from energy production."
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Estimated cost of geoengineering technology to fight climate change has plunged since a 2011 analysis.
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Enter VirtualHome, a place where #AI can rehearse complicated tasks and household chores in a simulated, #virtual world.
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[Human Progress @HumanProgress]

Compared to 1915, the average American in 2015 is healthier, better educated, working less while in a safer environment, and making more money yet spending less on everyday goods. https://t.co/G82Q6BjhbO

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"In the past half century, humanity has made extraordinary progress. This is unquestionable. But achievements bring new challenges."https://t.co/PcMyA4u1E8

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Steven Pinker's brand new #TED talk. Progress is problem-solving, and we should look at things like climate change and nuclear war as problems to be solved, not apocalypses in waiting. @sapinker @TEDTalks https://t.co/fgz4RWVFgP

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Automated #robots now have the tools to grow imitation, simplified human organs out of stem cells. #medtech #healthcare
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Extreme poverty has declined from afflicting 85 percent of the world's population in 1800 to less than 10 percent today. If that trend continues, extreme poverty will be gone by 2030. https://t.co/auykaEbWBr

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The process of #terraforming could allow us to live on #Mars without a spacesuit. Here's how:
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12 #futuristic #technologies that could become reality in 2018 -- including thought recognition, 3D printed food, and a real iron man suit.
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Intelligent Optimism's co-founder @raya_bid's latest for @singularityhub on how merging #minds and #machines will change our conscious experience and lead to a revolution in human identity, emotion, spirituality and self-awareness. https://t.co/z9YyQA8Q8d