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If Troy Carter gets his way, one day we’ll live in a world where “half or more of the planet is seen as sacred territories, where humans have only traditional uses for the land, and not industrial uses.” A world…
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Autonomous trucking will soon transform not just our freeways but the entire global supply chain. But serious issues of safety, workforce changes, and policy remain. Currently the Director of Business Development at trucking giant Navistar, Paula Bejarano knows better than…
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Mark Chung had checked off all the boxes in a successful career. Status, power, money: he had them all in his corporate engineering job. Until one day, he wanted more. Working for a single company wasn’t going to help solve…
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The promise of technical advancement brings new risks. For all the wonders of artificial intelligence, robotics, genetic engineering, quantum computing, and other leaps into the “fourth industrial revolution,” malicious actors abound. Facebook’s algorithms manipulate users. Uber’s code shortchanges drivers. Scammers…
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