the wired world in 2025
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There’s Still Time to Get Ahead of the Next Global Pandemic
Public health is under pressure. Across health care systems around the world, funding is declining, exhausted professionals are leaving the…
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People With Extreme Wealth Should Give It Away—or Be Penalized
In 2024, wealth concentration rose to an all-time high. According to Forbes’ Billionaires List, not only are there more billionaires…
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AI Agents Will Be Manipulation Engines
In 2025, it will be commonplace to talk with a personal AI agent that knows your schedule, your circle of…
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The Race to Translate Animal Sounds Into Human Language
In 2025 we will see AI and machine learning leveraged to make real progress in understanding animal communication, answering a…
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Generative AI and Climate Change Are on a Collision Course
In 2025, AI and climate change, two of the biggest societal disruptors we’re facing, will collide. The summer of 2024…
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Antibodies Could Soon Help Slow the Aging Process
Normally, antibodies are protective proteins produced by our immune systems to fight bacteria or viruses. Their strength comes from their…
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Big Tech Will Scour the Globe in Its Search for Cheap Energy
On the southern tip of Malaysia lies the state of Johor, renowned for its beaches and mountainous jungle. But Johor…
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AI Will Evolve Into an Organizational Strategy for All
Ever since the invention of the org chart in the 1850s, company structures have changed very little—they are hierarchical and…
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Creating a Global Package to Solve the Problem of Plastics
According to the United Nations, plastic production skyrocketed from 2 million metric tons in 1950 to about 400 million in…
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Humans Will Continue to Live in an Age of Incredible Food Waste
Let me start with the following principle: “Energy is the only universal currency: One of its many forms must be…
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