Humanity is in the midst of profound change, transition and crisis. Not really news, you might say; this has been the case for Homo sapiens ever since they appeared on Earth hundreds of thousands of years ago. But the pace and magnitude of our transitions and crises have greatly increased with more than 8 billion people alive today, all of them striving to live comfortable, energy-intensive modern lifestyles.
Rapidly advancing technologies supported by cheap and...
The formal birth of artificial intelligence as a scientific discipline can be traced to a single document: the 1955 proposal for the “Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence”. Authored by John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, Nathaniel Rochester, and Claude Shannon, this visionary plan – submitted to the Rockefeller Foundation – marked the moment “artificial intelligence” became both a phrase and an organized field of inquiry. Yet the true roots of AI reach deeper, grounded...
Energy humanism is a philosophy that seeks to reconcile humanity’s growing need for energy with the pressing need to preserve the natural world. It is not just about watts and grids; it is about ensuring that the pursuit of energy improves, rather than harms, the lives of 4 billion people living in energy poverty.
Energy humanism is a powerful force for good. While technological leaps and purported climate crises are everywhere in the daily news,...
Sometimes when one dives into the data, there are assumptions about anticipated findings that are completely overturned by the raw numbers. On other occasions – as is the case on this project – the data confirms the original assumptions, but provides clarification and deeper understanding.
It is unlikely to surprise anyone to learn that house prices in larger cities are typically more expensive than in smaller cities. It is widely known that your average homebuyer...
As much of the western world anxiously awaits the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 8, political rhetoric and irresponsible media coverage are amping up.
While ill-informed (or ill-intentioned) media reporters and editors continue to use phrasing such as "baseless", "bogus" and "false claims" – and perhaps the favourite: "conspiracy theories" – to describe any insinuation that it is possible that a U.S. election could be tampered with significantly, sensible humans are simply hoping for a fair...
