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May is coming to an end, and we would like toĀ share with you some ofĀ what we have been working on in the past month!Ā Ā
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As explainedĀ hereĀ (post), andĀ hereĀ (video), ForesightāsĀ tech tree architectsĀ are mapping tech trees to drive long-term progress in longevity, neurotech, nanotech, computing, and space. Domain experts submit challenges to make progress in their node of the tech tree. We pay bounties for researchers to submit answers and project proposals. If theyāre good, weāll get in touch to explore a collaboration.Ā
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Longevity:Ā Watch theĀ LongevityĀ Tech Tree Update, by Aaron King.Ā
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Neurotech:Ā Watch theĀ Neurotech Tech TreeĀ Update, by Maryna Polyakova.
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Intelligent Cooperation:Ā Watch theĀ Intelligent Cooperation Tech Tree Update, by Yingtong Lai.
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Nanotech:Ā Watch theĀ Nanotech Tech Tree Update, by Yuanning Feng.Ā
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Space:Ā Watch theĀ Space Tech Tree Update, by Romain Fonteyne.
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Weāre fourĀ weeks into our weekly book club onĀ Gaming the Future: Technologies for Intelligent Voluntary CooperationĀ with a wonderful selection of guest speakers! We discuss how cryptocommerce enables decentralized, secure cooperation across humans ā and AIs ā to unlock Paretotropian futures powered by high technology.
We hope you improve on the ideas, either byĀ joining our weekly book clubĀ meetings, or by contributing to our chapter-specificĀ Gitcoin bounties!
Check out the recordings of the meetings that have taken placeĀ so far here in theĀ Book Club playlist,Ā and make sure to join us for these upcoming meetings:
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Every year Foresight awards theĀ Feynman PrizeĀ to prominent researchers within nanotech. These Foresight prizes are given in honor of Richard P. Feynman who, in 1959, gave a visionary talk at Caltech in which he suggested that “the problems of chemistry and biology can be greatly helped if our ability to see what we are doing, and to do things on an atomic level, is ultimately developed ā a development which I think cannot be avoided.”
Nominations are now open for this year’s award. Please nominateĀ yourselfĀ or someone you think should be awardedĀ here.Ā
The meetings from our Biotech & Health Extension, Intelligent Cooperation, Molecular Machines and Neurotech groups this month are available and can all be found here:
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Science Communicator: Foresight is looking for a great science communicator to help our growing audience understand what our fellows and researchers are working on. Someone who can translate the technical work they do and share it with the public.Ā
Find more information on the roleĀ here. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
Educational Writer:Ā ZCash Media is seeking writers for an Educational Docu-series on Cryptocurrency.Ā
Zcash Media’s educational series hasĀ already begun airing.
Read more about the position and applyĀ here.
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The Future of Life Institute’s Worldbuilding Contest
FLI’s Worldbuilding contest has called earlier this year for teams to envision positive futures including AI. You can now explore the worlds of the 20 finalistsĀ selected by the judges (one of the judges beingĀ ForesightĀ Institute’s president Allison Duettmann). What kinds of futures do you want? FLIĀ isĀ seekingĀ audience inputĀ for each world. Winners will be announced in late June.Ā
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The Foresight Fellowship is a one-year program committed to giving change-makers the support to accelerate their bold ideas into the future. Here’s what our fellows have been up to.
Nikolina Lauc, GlycanAge. TheĀ the GlycanAge team has been designing a take home blood test, MenoAge, which has the potential to diagnose perimenopause and menopause.Ā This announcement followed after aĀ studyĀ that was led by a team of researchers from GlycanAgeās parent company, Genos Glycoscience Research Laboratory. Find more informationĀ here.
Tatyana Dobreva – CEO/Co-founder of ImYoo. ImYooĀ is a d2c single-cell transcriptomics company that aims to deliver personalized, biology-driven health insights by connecting people with similar immune profiles to share their health journeys. They recently launched a new websiteĀ www.imyoo.health!
Nell WatsonĀ is an interdisciplinary researcher in emerging technologies such as machine vision and A.I. She recently founded a new IEEE Working Group to help tackle confusion and misapprehension about whether one is dealing with a human being or an AI. Find more informationĀ here.Ā
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Foresight’s annual Biotech Workshop took place this month atĀ IndieBio.Ā This two-day event brought together Foresightās Biotech & Health Extension Groupās top researchers, entrepreneurs, and funders to highlight undervalued areas for progress. Recordings from the event will be released soon. More infoĀ here.
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Find Foresight at NFT Berlin! Aleksandra Smilek will be discussingĀ how NFTs can bridge scientists and artists to craft and imagine potential futures, decentralize the way we fund science and collaborate on positive futures.Ā
May 26th (Day 2), Moon Stage #3: from 13.20 to 13.40. Find more infoĀ here.
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