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Marshall McLuhan, who died in 1980, was one of the most prophetic thinkers of last century. When I wrote about him a year ago, I was stunned at the viral response. The editors at @TheFP asked me to go deeper—and my amazement grew. Here are 6 astonishing things McLuhan got right about our world:

What’s in the pipeline of GMO & gene edited crops in the USA? Here, list of those which just got green signal from @USDA_APHIS

Our problem is that we are a small civilization with small ambitions with the technology to reshape planets. We have no use for technology that can feed 100s of billions or using up the minerals of even one planet, let alone capturing the energy of stars.

@ramsus Huge improvement! Much cleaner 🤓

I took some time away from tweaking system prompts this morning to redo the Hiveminds interface. I’d love your thoughts on if it is an improvement. feel free to test it too if the codes test1 test2 and test3 are available. snowball.christuttle1.repl.co/teamprocesses.…

@hasufl All time fav: The Quantum Thief (and the whole Jean le Flambeur trilogy) by Hannu Rajaniemi - Arsène Lupin/gentleman thief vibes with super cool tech concepts and mind bending world building

What are the best sci-fi books you have ever read? Give me some recommendations

Happy @gitcoin GR15 launch day! Our grant page is now live! @gitcoin gitcoin.co/grants/7298/ps…

I should own this tweet @lensprotocol #digitalroots sig:0x6d5e1869e25a3ecc9336e3a2b06f9d993dde5a384f4f5bc9a51512d27415a4d26d300531c427477319b046fd355616a542f47e1b53b646b4f1d35b09f978e4241b twitter.com/i/status/14841…

.@elonmusk didn’t come up with the name Tesla Motors. He sent the nicest guy in the company to go sit in front of the house of guy’s house who owned the name to buy it. Eventually the guy sold it to @elonmusk for 75,000.

One of the most potentially impactful areas of medicine is “assembloids”: in-a-dish organs made from human stem cells (not embryos BTW) to study Autism, Parkinson’s, Schizophrenia. Forget “mini-brains” (that’s pop-media clickbait). Here’s the real story: nature.com/articles/d4158…

#Alzheimer’s disease update: gloomy @tamfecit @PLOSBlogs bit.ly/1Crj8HQ

Who is Vandana Shiva and why is she saying such awful things about GMOs? Weekly Ag Feature from @DocCamiRyan buff.ly/1f7nQRG

IndieBB is live on @IndieGoGo! Please support the first open-source DNA kit built by / for #diybio, #edtech & #synbio indiegogo.com/projects/indie…

Help make it happen for 'IndieBB: Your First GMO' igg.me/p/indiebb-your… #indiegogo Seriously, back @onetruecathal, he's a legend.

Carl Sagan theorized that pareidolia provided an advantage for humans to recognize each other, even with poor vision

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If #FIPA ratified, China could sue Canada for #FN or @christyclarkbc saying NO 2 Northern Gateway pipeline. vancouverobserver.com/sustainability…

#Histone deacetylation of florigen gene tells #plants when to #flower - #PLOSBiology paper plosbiology.org/article/info%3… syn plosbiology.org/article/info%3…

Precise manipulation of single DNA molecules in air: Teams of researchers from Harvard University and Halcyon ... bit.ly/12SEhw8