Month: March 2021
Augmenting Humans
Human Biological integration with machines is a NO. Futurists and thinkers are advocating for research into human-machine augmentation. Most notably, Elon Musk has founded the startup Neuralink, which intends to start testing biotechnology on humans in 2020. Neuralink have already carried out animal research and there seems to be no major opposition to this development
Revolutionary Fifth Generation Networks
The revolution in mobile communication has been based on increasing speed, reducing latency etc. 5th Generation cellular mobile communications technology is the latest advance in mobile communications technology set to be introduced internationally in 2019 to replace 4G. It has been claimed that 5G will be faster, reduce latency, save energy, reduce costs and increase
Julian Assange and WikiLeaks
The world is run by certain individuals and that is why we have laws were to control humanity on several aspects of life. Ecuadorian government have been recently considering a change of tact in harbouring Assange, let’s consider but before that Julian Assange who is a cyber activist and the creator of WikiLeaks, a website
consensual image sharing
Private Images needs to be private unless there is a consent to share to other third parties. involves the distribution of sexually explicit images or videos without the consent of the person involved. Such acts can have a huge detrimental impact on the victim, with possibly devastating social and psychological long-term impacts. Currently there are
LabGrown Meat
Natural always wins ,Singapore became the first country to approve and regulate cultured meat for human consumption, when approving US company Eat Just “Chicken Bites” for commercial sale in December 2020. Although Eat Just started producing plant-based alternatives to eggs, the company has since moved into the innovative niche of cultured meat, animal tissues that
Keynesian economics to Economic Recovery
. Keynes’ ideas are thought to have become a model for many nations in the economic recovery during the Great Depression, and for decades afterwards. As we seem to be possibly headed toward the next financial crisis let’s consider. The theory is one thing, but as we can see in practice most politicians are unlikely
Colonial Masters Taxing Former Colonies -French
The former colonies of Africa are continually contributing to its instability .Numerous African heritage or history blogs claim that many African nations are still paying colonial debts for buildings and infrastructure built by the French, or through forcing African nations to keep foreign reserves in France’s central bank. while a direct tax may not be
African Continental Free Trade Agreement
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement is the largest free-trade agreement to be ratified since the formation of the World Trade Organisation in 1995. As the African Continental Free Trade Area comes into operation following the latest African Union summit in July 2019.The agreement can be notoriously difficult, not just to put into place but
Industrializing Africa
Africa still lags behind the rest of the world in development terms despite it having an abundance of natural resources with around 30% of all of the worlds mineral resources thought to be found in this massive continent . Corruption is the main thing that has held back development in the majority of African countries
Replacing Capitalism
As we begin to incorporate AI technology and automation becomes more integrated into society, problems like unemployment in a capitalist system will likely escalate. But today we also face bigger ethical questions that capitalism cannot address effectively, such as climate change. The open market does not take into account big moral or environmental issues such