Nick Samoylov, programmer and writer

Quantum physics is different from the classical one and surrounded by many myths, one of which is that it is not understandable, which is not true. The source of the problem and its resolution are in what “understandable” means.

The aging gets us every second, but we still do not quite know what causes it or, better to say, there is no one prevailing view. But we are trying to figure it out and recently have developed several new practical approaches.

Magic pill. It does what countless hours of traditional treatment could not achieve – relieves a patient from a fear of his own memory about a terrifying event. The trick is to administer it at the right moment.

Genes are playing a definite and now measurable role in the academic achievements. Today it is possible to predict already which child would need what kind of help in the school.

We wish life would develop to our expectations. But the most we can hope is that the inevitable reality check will be not too hard. Today it is Ethereum’s turn to struggle through it. Will it survive? I think so, but…

We have a model of the world in our mind. It guides us and helps to plan ahead. But it tends to grow beyond what we need for the task at hand and takes the resources that might be needed for the survival. Does it weaken us as a species? Professor Hoffman thinks so.

The growing world complexity requires better prepared minds. One of the sources of such minds is gaming community. The whole generation has grown up playing on-line since the very tender age, and now some of this generation are applying themselves to the challenges of the real world.

If we add to the mix the ability to share our thoughts directly (without using any words), then we can cooperate creatively (and without moral judgment) and become much more productive.

Future is happening faster than we thought. It is happening now… Sometimes it hurts, but it will come anyway.

The most important obstacle for basic income is a moral obstacle. It is in the ideas that we still have about work. We still work with a very outdated definition of what work is.