6 billion nights of sleep, hacking the climate and other top stories of the week
Adrian Monck Head of Public and Social Engagement, Member of the Managing Board, World Economic Forum Geneva
You’re not sleeping like you used to. Data from 6 billion nights of sleep.
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Housing bubbles in global financial centers. The 8 cities most at risk.
Scale, mobility & sovereignty. How future cities will solve global challenges.
Following China’s model. India aims to be an AI powerhouse.
A better way for electric cars. 3 principles to maximize EV benefits.
A science leader lags in R&D. The state of innovation in Europe.
The weather in 2090. US government data predicts lots of heat.
Geoengineering and justice. Who decides whether to hack the climate?
Deep learning for biology. AI is changing how scientists work.
Fake humans selling fake reality. We’re in Philip K. Dick’s world, not Orwell’s.
Interstellar civilizations everywhere? Implications of an equation’s mistakes.
The machine-in-the-loop approach. How to keep AI human-centered.
The power of dialogue in a disrupted world. By the Forum’s executive chairman Professor Klaus Schwab. (Asia Times)
The greatest US vulnerability. Quotes Forum president Borge Brende. (CNBC)
The UAE’s economic competitiveness. Cites Forum Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report. (Emirates 24/7)
Has ‘womenomics’ worked in Japan? Draws data from Gender Gap Index. (BBC News)
Turkey‘s transformation needs tech startups. Cites Forum Readiness for the Future of Production report. (Hurriyet Daily)
Afghan Institute, Metallica win Music’s ‘Nobel Prize’. Ahmad Sarmast, founder of the Afghan National Institute of Music, is a World Economic Forum cultural leader. (France 24)
Originally published at www.weforum.org.
