Author: Richard K Collins

Director, The Internet Foundation Studying formation and optimized collaboration of global communities. Applying the Internet to solve global problems and build sustainable communities. Internet policies, standards and best practices.

Prizes for the worst inventions, Nobel Prize in Advertising and Influence, Bad Historical Innovations

Prizes for the worst inventions, Nobel Prize in Advertising and Influence, Bad Historical Innovations — Perhaps there needs to be a prize for the worst inventions.   I was thinking about plastic and disposable products. “Oh, the convenience of plastic and paper products – use it once, and just throw it away!” Absolutely brilliant. And,
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Global open digital twin models of all global and systemic issues, global opportunities

Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil If existing desalination plants were set up to extract salt from the brine to sell it, they would cause a free fall in global salt prices. https://pic.x.com/y6vbo5yswy Replying to @cremieuxrecueil The cost of a basic commodity goes lower. And reduced dependence on mined lithium. It would not happen overnight. You have to run the
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All Knowledge, All Languages, global creativity without homogenization

Smart Biology @SmartBiology3D  In most biology classrooms each student can have their own interpretation for how things work especially with systems and processes. Our animated lessons bring those to life exactly the way they happen so everyone is on the same page with understanding. http://smart-biology.com https://pic.x.com/iipz9uwmge So when you make mistakes, and give inefficient approaches
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