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June is coming to an end, and we would like toĀ share with you some ofĀ what we has been happening in the past month, and what exciting things areĀ coming up!
The winners of our latest Tech Tree bounty round have been announced!Ā
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Weāve just held our last Book Club meeting onĀ Gaming the Future: Technologies for Intelligent Voluntary CooperationĀ with a wonderful selection of guest speakers such as Robin Hanson, Stuart Armstrong, TrentĀ McConaghy, and many more.Ā We discussed how cryptocommerce enables decentralized, secure cooperation across humans ā and AIs ā to unlock Paretotropian futures powered by high technology.
Check out the recordings of the meetings in theĀ Book Club playlist.
Congratulations to the winners of this Tech Tree bounty round! The purpose is to solicit project proposals for solving challenges in Tech Tree nodes in the fields of Intelligent Cooperation, Neurotech, Space Tech, Longevity and Nanotech. Each winner was awarded 0.15 ETH. Open Foresight Gitcoin bounties can be foundĀ here.Ā
You can find more info on current Tech Trees protypes, Tech Tree architects and advisors, andĀ a list of the best winning proposalsĀ here!
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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
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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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With Foresight’s Support, theĀ FutureĀ ForumĀ just launched!Ā FutureĀ ForumĀ is a 4-day event running in San Francisco fromĀ August 4-7th 2022. They’re bringing together 250 promising individuals from across communities there; drawing from Effective Altruism, Emergent Ventures, Silicon Valley tech, Progress Studies, and more, including Allison Duettmann as a speaker.Ā FutureĀ ForumĀ wants to arm many more of the world’s brightest minds with the tools they need to tackle global problems, be it funding or great mentors. Apply here:Ā futureforum.foundation
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DeSci LabsĀ is recruiting full-stack, senior developers with smart contract and blockchain experience who have a passion for open access to information. If you know anyone who fits that profile (or you do!) and is available, please have them emailĀ [email protected]Ā to talk more.
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This Forbes article, written by Alex Zhavoronkov, explores Foresight’s current projects – centering in on last month’s Longevity Workshop as the focal point. Including an interview with Foresight president, Allison Duettmann, about our history – and most importantly – our future. ReadĀ here.Ā
Listen to thisĀ UltraRare Podcast episode,Ā featuring Allison Duettmann, Foresight, and Ela Madej, 50 Years VC, about how they’re supporting the Decentralized Science movement, where they see it heading, and their hopes and fears for the future. Find itĀ here.Ā
“What is the long-term potential of crypto technologies anyways?”Ā
Gaming the Future book made an appearance in thisĀ Fintech News articleĀ to show how cryptocommerce can help unlock unimaginable futures! ReadĀ here.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.
The Society Library (Jamie Joyce, President) has beenĀ givenĀ a grant to develop a curriculum for fact-checkers (potentially aroundĀ theĀ world) based on their methodology and in partnership with USA Today. We congratulate them that their epistemic approach to verifying information is being recognized as a potential contribution toĀ theĀ field of fact-checking itself! MoreĀ here.
DeSci Nodes, DeSci Lab’s (Philipp Koellinger, co-founder)Ā first product, is being released in Alpha this week.Ā
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Designing Molecular Machines: Foresight’s annual Molecular Machines Workshop will be taking place July 10 & 11 @ IndieBio, SF.Ā This two-day workshop invites a select group of specialists in software and simulation to apply their skills to help those tackling the challenges of constructing atomically-precise 3D structures, including pathways using chemistry, applied physics, biochemistry, molecular biology, and engineering. Learn more & applyĀ here.Ā
ETH Barcelona: Foresight will be at ETH Barcelona, taking place July 6 – 8. Join to explore how Blockchain Technology can help build a sustainable world full of Human Potential. Existential Hope DeSci NFTs will be on display. Learn more & applyĀ here.
Funding the Commons:Ā Christine Peterson, Allison Duettmann, Mark Miller, Ying Tong Lai, and Juan Benet were welcomed to the Funding the Commons summit, held by Protocol Labs. Watch theĀ livestream hereĀ for our team’s presentations on Tech Trees, and Visualizing Voluntary Cooperation.Ā
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