💡 Warp News #265
👴 Life expectancy continues to increase. ☀️ Solar power generated more electricity than coal in EU last year. 👩🏿💻 AI-based teaching delivered two years of learning in six weeks.
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🗳️ Better politics! Anyone opposed?
For several months, I have developed an AI that helps two Members of Parliament, Robert Hannah and Patrik Karlson.
Just like in all other sectors, AI can help politicans better decisions.. Not by replacing the politician, but by combining human intelligence with artificial intelligence.
Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet met with us in Parliament and wrote about it, after which the magazine Fokus reached out and wanted to feature a piece about it.
Better politicians and smarter decisions are also the theme for my Premium Supporter article this week (open to everyone.)
💵 Space bonds?
Don't miss Warp Ambassador Oskar Söderström's idea on how we should finance the colonization of Mars.
Mathias Sundin
The Angry Optimist
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🦾 This is how we can get better politicians and smarter political decisions
I have built an AI secretary together with two Members of Parliament.
💡 Fact-based optimistic news of the week
🧬 New gene editing technique may have cured one-year-old's deadly disease
A child with a deadly metabolic disease has been successfully treated with a new type of gene editing called ARCUS. The treatment allowed the child to stop their special diet after three months.
👩🏿💻 AI-based teaching delivered two years of learning in six weeks
In a pilot project in Nigeria, students got to use AI as a virtual teacher. They performed significantly better than other students in all tested areas.
⛰️ US discovers one of world's largest lithium deposits – less dependent on China
A new deposit in McDermitt Caldera contains 40 million tons of lithium, making it one of the world's largest reserves. With this deposit, the US can reduce its dependence on China, which currently refines 60 percent of the world's lithium.
👴 Life expectancy continues to increase and surpasses expert predictions
Life expectancy has increased continuously for over a century. Progress in medicine, public health and living standards drives development. Scientific predictions about maximum life expectancy are constantly surpassed.
☀️ Solar power generated more electricity than coal in EU last year
Solar panels generated 11 percent of EU electricity in 2024, while coal power plants accounted for 10 percent. The use of fossil fuels decreased for the fifth consecutive year.
👩⚕️ Spotify founder's Neko Health raises $290 million - expands to US
Neko Health has secured an investment of $290 million to open more clinics in Europe and the USA. The company has already scanned 10,000 people and has 100,000 people on the waiting list.
💵 OP-ED: Space Bonds can democratize the financing of humanity's journey to Mars
Elon Musk doesn't have enough money to take humanity to Mars. For that, we need "space bonds," according to Warp News ambassador Oskar Söderström.
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