💡 Musings of the Angry Optimist: Creating small crises for oneself
I have created three mini-crises for myself. It has been difficult, but very liberating.
🚀 SpaceX landed a 25-story building between two arms on the launch tower
The first stage of the rocket, the one that landed at the launch tower, is about 70 meters tall, equivalent to a 25-story building. Reusing rockets makes our access to space much cheaper.
💡 Premium Supporter recap + fact-based optimistic news
❌ UK closes last coal power plant. 📉 Global extreme poverty has returned to pre-pandemic levels. 📊 The use of generative AI is growing faster than computers and the internet.
🌟 Earth may NOT be swallowed by the sun in 6 billion years
A rocky planet has been discovered orbiting a white dwarf star 4000 light-years away. The planet is believed to have survived the star's red giant phase by moving to a more distant orbit. The discovery provides insights into Earth's possible future when the sun expands.
💡 Warp News #250
❌ UK closes last coal power plant. 📉 Global extreme poverty has returned to pre-pandemic levels. 📊 The use of generative AI is growing faster than computers and the internet.
🧬 The story behind AlphaFold and this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry
This year's Nobel Prize in chemistry is a massive breakthrough that solves a 50-year-old challenge within biology. It was solved with the help of AI. But that was just the beginning. In two texts, Warp News has previously told the story and effects of AI and the protein folding problem.
⚡ Complaining about new technologies' energy use is starting at the wrong end
Instead of complaining about the energy consumption of new technologies, like AI, we should start at the other end and make old technologies more efficient.
💡 Premium Supporter recap + fact-based optimistic news
💊 Overdoses from opioids decreasing in the US. 🎗️ Skin cancer decreases among younger people. 🚗 Waymo self-driving vehicles are significantly safer than human drivers. 🍛 Indian households' food expenses have decreased significantly.
💡 Warp News #249
💊 Overdoses from opioids decreasing in the US. 🎗️ Skin cancer decreases among younger people. 🚗 Waymo self-driving vehicles are significantly safer than human drivers. 🍛 Indian households' food expenses have decreased significantly.