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The future of cities, according to the experts

Vox

So we asked some of the best and brightest people who think about cities — economists, urban planners, academics — to weigh in on their future. Michelle Kwon for Vox Cities aren’t going anywhere, but they do need to change. Since the pandemic upended the world, we’ve been getting plenty of mixed signals about cities.

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Need a boost for the new year? Pacific Northwest geeks share the different things that inspire them

GeekWire

We’ve been asking data scientists, video game designers, engineers, doctors, students and startup founders all year where they find theirs. Need a little inspiration to make it out of 2020 and into 2021? We’ve read more than enough about what has bummed us out over the past year. Photo courtesy of Eric Peterson). Maryssa Barron.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

As such I thought it would be useful to compile a list of the world’s top female futurists, for those who are looking for diversity in their insights into the future. Hichert is a director of the Southern African node of the Millennium Project and helped organize the first African Futures Conference. Summary list. Tanja Hichert.

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Ford CEO Jim Farley on building the electric F-150 — and reinventing Ford

The Verge

Ford’s CEO on an upgradable, electric future Ford just announced the new F-150 Lightning , the company’s first all-electric pickup truck and the second vehicle in its major push into EVs — the first, of course, was the Mustang Mach-E. I’m looking at the numbers: it’s just a hair under $40,000, and that’s before tax credits.

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How effective altruism went from a niche movement to a billion-dollar force

Vox

Seven years ago, I was invited to my first EA Global , the flagship conference of the effective altruism movement. I was fascinated by effective altruism (EA), which defines itself as “using evidence and reason to figure out how to benefit others as much as possible,” in large part because of the moral seriousness of its practitioners.

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