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Arthur C. Clarke Inspired MeThen; Peter Diamandis Inspires Me Now: Lessons in Abundance and Exponential Thinking

Kay Koplovitz | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: 3d Modelling, Peter Diamandis, Dean Kamen, Abundance, Arthur C. Clarke, Exponential Thinking, Singularity University, Science News
Kay Koplovitz

Arthur C. Clarke inspired me to envision a world fully connected. Peter Diamandis inspires me to understand a world ripe with abundance, and to imagine wondrous improvements for mankind.

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From Tribalism To World Citizenship

Carlo Strenger | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Universal Human Rights, Religion, Human Rights, Educating-World-Citizens, Messianists, Science, Globalization, Religion and Science, Human Rights Organizations, Tribalism, Technology, Communication Technology, Singularity University, Interfaith, Religion News
Carlo Strenger

There is only one way to lower the danger of nuclear terrorism and conflicts like that between Iran and Israel: the next generation needs to be educated within an ethics of global cooperation from earliest childhood onward.

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Think You Know Your Competition? Think Again

Naveen Jain | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Business Executive, Email, X Prize Foundation, Innovation, Singularity University, Wired, Competition, Groupon, The Economist, Startups, Philadelphia, Technology, Business Management, Small Business America, Business News
Naveen Jain

You may not see the stealth innovators who are quietly harnessing technologies to displace your business.

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Will Robotics Take the Art Out of Artificial Intelligence?

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Henry Ford Museum, The Age of Spiritual Machines, Robotics, Jens Schanze, Stanley Kubrick, Darpa, Christine O?Donnell, Google Driverless Car, Plug and Pray, War With the Newts, Ars Electronica, Hans-Joachim Wunsche, Singularity University, Robotic Vehicles, Golem, Minoru Asada, Speech Recognition, Henry Ford, Joseph Weizenbaum, Intelligent Robotics Laboratory, Karel Capek, 2001: A Space Odyssey, William Clay Ford, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Raymond Kurzweil, Artificial Intelligence, Robocup, Geminoid, Wargames, Arts News
George Heymont

Will robotics strip the potential for creating art from artificial intelligence? Although Plug and Pray has some genuinely creepy moments, it's a film that is definitely worth your attention.

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Our Food Supply: The Next Frontier

Francine Hardaway | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Supply, Michael Pollan, Food Inc, Food Processing, Salim Ismail, Moffitt Field, Singularity University, Food News
Francine Hardaway

The gating factor for huge sustainable change in the food production system, I conclude, isn't the availability of better food production and processing technology, but the perverse subsidies of the agriculture industry.

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Can Religion Rediscover Itself? Taking a Cue from the Singularity University

Paul Lamb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Singularity, Ray Kurzweil, Religion Science, Technological Singularity, Spirituality, Singularity University, Religion News
Paul Lamb

Why aren't religious organizations imbued with the same spirit of wide open discovery we find in a place like Singularity University? Is it because religions hold that nothing beyond what is written in the sacred texts is worth discovering?

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Personal Spaceflight Industry - Reflections on the Five Year Anniversary of the Ansari X PRIZE

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burt-Rutan, Spaceshipone, X Prize Foundation, Peter Diamandis, Ansari X PRIZE, Virgin Galactic, Singularity-University, Lunar Landing, Richard Branson, Artificial Intelligence, Inside DC, Business News
Peter Diamandis

The most important legacy and meaning of the Ansari X PRIZE on its five year anniversary lies in the fact that the event kicked off a new industry.

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Founding of the Singularity University

Peter Diamandis | Posted 11.17.2011

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Peter Diamandis

Singularity University aims to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies and apply, focus and guide these tools to address humanity's grand challenges.

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