Have you had coronavirus? UK COVID-19 antibody tests from £65
Comparison of UK mail and clinic tests, plus a review of the Medichecks test
Survival
Even when biologically speaking humans can live forever, there are still accidents, violence, natural disasters, etc, that can extinguish life.
Each threat is major topic in its own right but its important to keep an eye on them as the bigger the problem the longer it takes to fix it.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Will it help or destroy us?
Climate Change - technology should come up with solutions but I suggest erring on the side of caution for now
Energy - where is it all going to come from to power technological advances and maybe reverse climate change?
Earth Monitoring - massive monitoring projects to help predict and prevent natural disasters
Natural Disasters - earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunami and more
Pandemics - diseases can spread faster than we can produce cures and vaccines
Society - If society doesn’t survive, then you don’t survive… technology giveth, and technology taketh away!
Read more about: Abundance, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Climate Change, Earth Monitoring, Energy, Natural Disasters, Overpopulation, Pandemics, Preppers, Society, Space Colonization, War.
Resources
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How to Prevent the Next Pandemic
The book about pandemics and how to prevent it written by Bill Gates
Live Longer with AI
By Tina Woods - How artificial intelligence is helping us extend our healthspan and live better too
iFlytek
Information technology company specialized in speech intelligence and artificial intelligence technology
Planet Labs
Earth imaging company with goal to image the entirety of the planet daily to monitor changes and pinpoint trends
OpenAI
AI research company, discovering and enacting the path to safe artificial general intelligence
Survival Blog Posts
04-Feb-2021
25-Jan-2021
Types of coronavirus tests, and how accurate are they?
Do you know the difference between sensitivity and specificity?
14-Jan-2021
How To Boost Your Immune System
Help your body to help yourself with these easy tips on improving your immune system
27-Apr-2020
Summary of London Futurists’ Engineering Greater Human Resilience Panel Discussion
Interesting thoughts from an international panel of futurists
22-Apr-2020
Coronavirus Deaths UK Tracker
Tracking UK COVID-19 deaths to see when the peak is passed
Recent News
England and Wales see slight increase in life expectancy in 2021 - official figure to follow
BBC - 17-Oct-2022
Only 4 out of 31 countries studies have seen their period life expectancy recover since 2020
Read more...Fertility rate decline becomes a brewing crisis in South Korea
BBC - 25-Aug-2022
Billions of dollars spent as incentive is not convincing people to have children
Read more...Covid restrictions provided unique real-world experiment with reduced air pollution
The Guardian - 26-Jan-2022
Big drop in NO2 produced biggest benefit, less significant drops seen in PM2.5 and PM10
Read more...China's population may have peaked last year as birthrate falls
The Guardian - 17-Jan-2022
Government policies have not reversed long-term decline in population growth
Read more...Senolytic drugs improved survival rates in coronavirus-infected mice
SENS Research Foundation - 07-Oct-2021
Boosts immune response by clearing senescent cells; a potential treatment for COVID-19 in humans
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