Cybernetic 8 — Volume 7

8 interesting things from a cybernetic world

What is this all about?

This newsletter is an irregular collection of the most interesting news from the tech and startup world I came across in the last couple of weeks, prepared and bite-sized for your reading pleasure.

It will mostly cover topics around #technology #startups #deeptech #neurotech #ai #robotics #decentalization #lifescience #healthtech #complexity #cybernetics #constructivism and #futurism, but also include some funny or otherwise noteworthy stuff from time to time.

Why cybernetic 8? Learn more about this worldview here, here or here.

Here we go — the Cybernetic 8 in November

• Let’s start with the #future of #life — CB Insights has a great new report on #longevity, #genetics, #senolytics and #ageing in general — LINK
• This article in the New Scientist talks about why our #brains could work like a #network of 100bn mini-computers — LINK

• The “trolley problem” is one of the most famous #moral issues with #AI. MIT Technology Review discusses the results of a recent global study on this topic — LINK
• All the problems notwithstanding, #AI starts to earn #money. An #artwork created by AI sold for several thousand dollars — LINK
• Another piece of art, created jointly by Tellart and the Dubai Future Foundation during the annual World Government Summit in Dubai, shows the inevitability and the impacts of #climate change — LINK
• In #bionics, these impressive little flying #robots are inspired by wasps and are able to carry 40x their weight and #collaborate— LINK

• #Space exploration is an area where global interest is rising again. Find out in this article how researchers are planning and training to build a base on the #moon— LINK
• Also, #NASA is trying to find out how to create #rocket fuel out of the soil of #mars, using a #robotic factory —LINK

Anything else?

Is a bit dated, but this discussion between Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel on #pessimism, #optimism and how well the #technology industry is doing in general is worth watching: