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that penetration had reached 3.8 billion people, or about half the globe. And over the next half-dozen years, we are going to wire up the rest of humanity, adding 4.2 billion new minds to the global conversation.
the
Force #6: New Business Models
By significantly shortening the distance between “I’ve got a neat idea” and “I run a billion-dollar business,”
The Crowd Economy:
crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, ICOs, leveraged assets, and staff-on-demand—essentially,
leverage the billions of people already online and the bill...
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lean on staff-on-demand,
The Free/Data Economy:
This is the platform version of the “bait and hook” model, essentially baiting the customer with free access to a cool service (like Facebook) and then making money off the data
The Smartness Economy:
In other words, take any existing tool, and add a layer of smartness.
So cell phones became smartphones and stereo speakers became smart speakers and cars become autonomous cars.
Closed-Loop Ec...
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In nature, nothing is ev...
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Plastic Bank, which allows anyone to pick up waste plastic and drop it off at a “plastic bank.”
thus closing an open loop in the life cycle of plastic.
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations:
one with no employees, no bosses, and nonstop production.
blockchain-backed smart contracts layer,
24-7, including driving to the repair shop for maintenance, without any human involvement.
Multiple World...
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We no longer live in only...
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We have real-world personae and online personae, and this delocalized existence ...
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Second Life.
Transformation Economy:
Burning Man,
CrossFit,
transformation ...
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faster.
Most importantly, none of this is in any danger of slowing down.
Force #7: Longer Lives
final accelerating force, which is an attempt to solve this problem: the extended healthy human lifespan.
cardiac disease and cancer—has
neurodegenerative disease,
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Google (now Alphabet)
Calico.
“Google’s New Project to Solve Death” shouted Time;
anti-aging.
First is “senolytic medicines.”
These shut-off cells, called “senescent cells,” create inflammation, a significant cause of aging.
Jeff Bezos–backed Unity Biotechnology
extend their healthy lifespan by as much as 35 percent.
“young blood”
Harvard University spinoff, is working on a young blood factor called GDF11. When injected into older mice, GDF11 has been able to regenerate their hearts, brains, muscles, lungs, and kidneys.
Stem cells, our third approach, are showing the most promise.
Samumed...
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to regrow cartilage, heal tendons, remove wrinkles, and, by the way, stop cancer.
$13 billion valuation.
