The Fate Of The Universe Is A

I'm An Inventor. I Became Interested In Long-term Trends Because An Invention Has To Make Sense In The World In Which It Is Finished, Not The World In Which It Is Started.

The Story Of Evolution Unfolds With Increasing Levels Of Abstraction.

We Only Have To Capture 1/10,000th Of The Solar Energy Landing On Earth To Completely Satisfy All Our Energy Needs.

There Are Downsides To Every Technology. Fire Kept Us Warm, But Also Burned Down Our Villages.

The Software Programs That Make Our Body Run ... Were Evolved In Very Different Times. We'd Like To Actually Change Those Programs. One Little Software Program, Called The Fat Insulin Receptor Gene, Basically Says, 'hold Onto Every Calorie, Because The Next Hunting Season May Not Work Out So Well.' That Was In The Interests Of The Species Tens Of Thousands Of Years Ago. We'd Like To Turn That Program Off.