Exponential technologies are going to disrupt many industries, and it is clear that manufacturing is due a revamping sooner rather the later. In this article, Peter Diamandis discusses the three ways he thinks manufacturing is to be impacted: ‘1. Mass Customization: As fixed costs begin to reach variable costs in the production sphere, companies willContinueContinue reading “Manufacturing Shifts”
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SU’s Amin Toufani on Exonomics
Here is the mural for the discussion at Singularity University’s Executive Program on Exonomics and Lygometry.
Cash-Burner
Excellent take on Tesla’s business model, its penchant for over-promising and how 2018 could be the year of reckoning for the company and its all-too-busy CEO: Bloomberg’s Tesla Doesn’t Burn Fuel, It Burns Cash
Data Governance
With the recent introduction of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR), it has become obvious that other nations, and particularly the US, have to take a step to introduce legislation that will regulate, monitor and protect consumers. Abuses such as the one unveiled a few weeks ago by Cambridge Analytica only further theContinueContinue reading “Data Governance”
Palantir vs The People
Sensational long-read on Palantir, its foundations and where it is headed. Needs to be read. Bloomberg’s Palantir Knows Everything About You
Moral Machines
A great exercise by MIT to gather information as to how individuals create rules to determine how self-driving cars should respond when faced with a life-death scenario on the road. MIT’s Moral Machines
SU’s Introduction to BlockChain Tech
Here is the mural from Nathana O’Brien Sharm’s event on blockchain technologies:
Blockchain Add-ons
Very interesting long-reads from CB Insights on how blockchain technologies and the corresponding smart contracts can and will affect well-established enterprises like social media (Facebook, Google) and the finance sector: Social Media: Could Blockchain Technology Help Avoid Another Cambridge Analytica? Finance industry: How Blockchain Could Disrupt Banking
Adapt-Or-Die
The retail market is on the verge of a great disruption. AI, machine learning and robotics are making great strides in developing application that will great impact how we experience shopping. So it is either disrupt or be disrupted. And it is not only the customer-facing part of the supply-chain that will go through massiveContinueContinue reading “Adapt-Or-Die”
SU’s Cryptocurrency
After attending Singularity University’s Executive Program in Silicon Valley, we got a set of murals drawn by an artist during every single session of the week we spent there. Here is the one on digital assets:
Pablo F. Alonso Caprile 