Curated Commons // Edition 137
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It’s India’s time
India apparently overtook China in population, and strangely, that’s causing a lot of people to finally look at India and the massive changes that are happening and the future potential. - Read here ($)
Noah Smith has an article too that’s worth reading - Read here
Trust. Nothing
Read this story on how a WSJ journalist ‘cloned’ herself by training an AI system. Which fooled her bank and her family. Requires training for now, but how long before an AI system can do that from our random pictures and audio clips strewn across the web? - Read here ($)
Blackholes are a$#hole neighbors
New pictures coming out of a massive black hole show what it’s like to be near one - Read here
System integration is no mean task
Good point on how to look at companies such as ASML, from Ben Thompson’s newsletter - Read here ($)
Shipping industry needs to change
Two good pieces on the shipping industry.
It takes fifty thousand Londons worth of air pollution to ship eleven billion tons of cargo each year—about one and a half tons for each person on the planet
Can sails help the shipping industry go green? - Read here ($)
The industry needs new fuels - Read here ($)
Beyond meat. Beyond business?
A few years ago, synthetic meat was all the rage and Beyond Meat was the flavor of the day in stock markets. Now? - Read here ($)
consumers are more likely to try a substitute when it’s presented as a free upgrade of their cappuccino rather than a costly downgrade to their Big Mac”
Meet the desi version of Mr. Beast
Haven’t heard of this guy before, but apparently we now have desi versions of Mr.Beast’s style of what is called ‘stunt philantrophy’ in India too. - Read here
Learn coding, from a piece of code
Google’s bard can now help you code better. - Read here
How many types of keyboards have you used?
Some interesting pics of keyboards from days gone by in this piece - Read here
It’s harder with each day to ignore climate change
Even Fox News admits climate change is real! Hopefully more of the other naysayers will acknowledge and act soon - Read here ($)
You car is not a phone
Carmakers are realizing the risks, and general consumer discontent, with growing screen sizes and lack of physical controls. About time - Read here
Art, Artists, and AI
Pop star Grimes is throwing an interesting challenge when it comes to understanding the future of art - she’s asking her fans to deepfake her voice. - Read here
Antibiotics in farming are the new threat to humans
The growing usage of antibiotics in farming is now posing a risk to the human immune system - Read here
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