Dec 19, 2016 | Blockchain Governance, Blog, Cities, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Employment & Prosperity, Governance Networks, Health & Human Security, Other / Multiple / General
2017 could be the year of blockchain stewardship. In the CoinDesk 2016 in Review special feature, Don Tapscott, Founder of Global Solution Networks, and co-Author Alex Tapscott, discussed some of the hot topics from their recently published book “Blockchain...
Nov 18, 2016 | Blog, Cities, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
By Eldon Opiyo [NAIROBI] Despite recent improvements in infrastructure and affordability, internet adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa is not growing rapidly, a report from the Internet Society says. The report says that the continent’s internet adoption is not growing...
Nov 9, 2016 | Blog, Cities, Employment & Prosperity
For days the smog levels in Delhi have been choking residents and threatening health with dangerous particles and an air quality index that has reached 999 (anything above 500 is considered “hazardous,” and, by comparison, the current levels in London are...
Aug 15, 2016 | Cities, Governance Networks
Ever since HAL refused to open the pod bay doors for Dave we’ve been worried about the bad things that smart computers might do to their human creators. HAL: I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that. Dave Bowman: What’s the problem?...
Aug 12, 2016 | Cities, Climate, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
A New Age of Global Problem Solving At the forefront in tackling global issues is the challenge of obtaining funding for research and for solution delivery. Modern philanthropy is evolving to adapt to this need. Unlike the early years of industrialists funding local...
Jun 6, 2016 | Blog, Cities
The Hyperloop One Global Challenge is inviting entries in a competition to win the opportunity to work with Hyperloop on transforming passenger and cargo transportation. While commercial drone operators are working out the regulatory problems of operating package...
