The opportunities to create revenue in space are growing day by day, and we need to act on them now. — Since the “space race” began in earnest over six decades ago, our quest to conquer the cold vacuum which starts roughly 62 miles above us has bestowed upon us vast amounts of inspiration, driven rapid growth in STEM careers, providing new technologies, and advanced our…

Bain & Company’s report The Working Future and a Q&A with co-author Andrew Schwedel — The Greek philosopher Heraclitus has been credited with saying “Change is the only constant in life”, and few adults might argue against that statement. Living through recessions, pandemics, and military conflicts are shared experiences that every generation faces, and every such event leaves marks on the world.

What happens when your job is to slow the Grim Reaper’s inevitable march? — As the Covid-19 pandemic crisis wears on, first responders and other front-line personnel, particularly in the medical field, continue to be infected at a greater rate than most of the population. In turn, they get sick, and die, and all because of their dedication to saving lives. I worked with…

Why we need to leave Earth while making sure we don’t leave Earth behind. — Currently home to 7.7 billion human beings… A world which has seen 108 billion humans exist since the beginning of our species… Earth has been our home for several hundred thousand years, and home to millions upon millions of species, and trillions of organisms, for over 3 billion years. By…

And What Aging Means in the 21st Century — My great-grandmother Beulah passed away in 1981. She was 91. Her daughter died in 1987 at the age of 74. My great-grandfather Arthur passed away in 1985. He was 96. His son died in 1996 at the age of 79. My great-grandparents lived longer, healthier lives, it seems, than their…

In the near future, our robot cousins will need to behave if we are to avoid an apocalyptic robot war. — “Although the Singularity has many faces, its most important implication is this: our technology will match and then vastly exceed the refinement and suppleness of what we regard as the best of human traits.” ― Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology “Within thirty years, we will…

Will our interstellar cousins want to eat us? — The idea that the alien life forms we may someday make contact with will want little more than simply to rip us limb from limb and devour our flesh to satiate their interstellar appetites isn’t new. …

The quest for artificial intelligence could yield something that not only out-thinks humanity but can also feel emotion like us. — “Sentience” is a word with seriously heavy connotations that also tend to hold different meaning to different people and under differing circumstances. First, some definitions are in order: Intelligence: 1 a: the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations. b: the ability to apply…

The Current State of the Drake Equation and the Chances for Intelligent Life Beyond Earth — Elon Musk’s SpaceX just sent a Tesla Roadster into space in February of 2018. It will travel almost 250 million miles before shifting into an orbit around the Sun. And yet such an extreme distance is nothing compared to the cosmos as a whole. The scales of time and distance…