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FAQ & Mythbusting

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eg. sustainable energy, battery life, precision fermentation, future energy, electric cars

Climate Implications

Myth: The fossil fuel industry is too large to dismantle

Climate Implications

Myth: The climate crisis will only be solved in countries where there is economic prosperity

Climate Implications

Myth: Climate change is the greatest challenge to any civilization ever.

Climate Implications

Do we have the minerals and other resources we need to tackle the climate crisis?

Climate Implications

Myth: We will not be able to plant enough trees to be able to re-wild or reforest our ecosystem

Climate Implications

Can we solve our environmental problems by re-designing old systems?

Climate Implications

Myth: Individuals will need to drastically reduce personal consumption to reduce global emissions.

Climate Implications

How can we guarantee that the new system will be better than the old system, and solve the climate crisis?

Climate Implications

What about other environmental issues like biodiversity loss, pollution and clean drinking water?

Climate Implications

Is degrowth a solution to the climate crisis?

Climate Implications

Will a carbon tax on incumbent industries make them go green?

Climate Implications

Won't any climate change solution currently being discussed further drive wealth inequality gaps and disparities?

Climate Implications

Myth: Net zero emissions will be impossible without serious damage to our societies and economies

Climate Implications

Myth: Decarbonizing the global economy is too expensive, and will cost trillions of dollars.

Climate Implications

Myth: It is impossible to keep temperature rise within 1.5 degrees.

Climate Implications

Myth: We don't yet have the technology to solve the climate crisis.

Labor

What does the disruption of labor mean for me and my career, and how should I prepare?

Labor

Doesn't framing the disruption as inevitable shut down debate about whether it should happen in the first place?

Labor

Why does a large robotic workforce automatically mean a large robotic army?

Labor

Myth: People will not be able to find meaning and purpose when there is no work

Labor

How much electricity would a billion robots require, and where does it come from?

Labor

If most people don't work, how is income or resources distributed?

Labor

Myth: AI will create more jobs than it destroys

Labor

Aren't there uniquely human jobs that no machine could ever do?

Labor

How much will robots cost in the future?

Labor

Why will the humanoid form dominate rather than specialized robots?

Labor

Why will all products and services get cheaper, not just some?

Labor

What do you mean by this time we are the horses? Humans are different, we can adapt and retrain!

Labor

Myth: The disruption of labor requires artificial general intelligence (AGI) to happen.

Labor

If labor becomes nearly free, how will people earn a living?

Labor

Why should we think about robots doing tasks instead of jobs?

Labor

When will the disruption of labor occur and how long it take to unfold?

Labor

How can we prepare society for the disruption by humanoid robots?

Labor

What will happen to all the jobs as a result of the disruption of labor by humanoid robotics?

Labor

How can I prepare my industry for the disruption by humanoid robots?

Labor

How will my industry be disrupted by AI & Humanoid Robotics?

Health

What is the advantage to adopting HOTs early?

Health

Which industries face the most severe disruption from HOTs?

Health

Should I take HOTs myself?

Health

Myth: HOTs are just about aesthetics.

Health

How significant are HOTs for treating addiction?

Health

How could HOTs possibly be a geopolitical issue?

Health

Will combining GLP-1s with muscle-gaining drugs be safe?

Health

Why should there be universal access for HOTs?

Health

Aren’t HOTs expensive?

Health

Do we have to take HOTs forever?

Health

How could HOTs possibly be a win for the environment?

Health

Will HOTs only ever be about weight loss?

Health

How can regions accelerate the HOTs disruption

Health

What are the side effects of HOTs?

Health

Why are you calling GLP-1s, HOTs?

Health

What exactly is a Health Optimizer Therapy?

Health

Myth: Muscle building HOTs are no different from steroids.

Health

Why is RethinkX talking about healthcare?

Health

What are myostatin and activin blockers and why have I never heard of them?

Health

Myth: HOTs are just another weight loss drug.

Transportation

Myth: “I could never give up my car!”

Transportation

Will automated vehicles really be safer?

Transportation

Myth: Electric vehicles are too expensive to produce to replace traditional vehicles globally

Transportation

Myth: Roadtrips are impossible with electric vehicles because of the need to recharge. Charging an EV is lengthy and inconvenient

Transportation

Myth: It is impossible to convert the entire global road transportation fleet to electric vehicles

Transportation

Myth: Electric cars require cobalt, the mining of which uses child labor

Transportation

Myth: Robotaxis will never be safe enough

Food & Agriculture

Myth: Modern foods will not contain the same micro- and macro-nutrients as animal foods

Food & Agriculture

How does Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture water use compare to the animal agriculture it will replace?

Food & Agriculture

Why aren’t other modern food technologies disruptive in the same way that Precision Fermentation is?

Food & Agriculture

How much energy do Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture require?

Food & Agriculture

How can we avoid large-scale corporate control of these technologies?

Food & Agriculture

How much waste material is produced by modern foods, and are there any associated environmental risks?

Food & Agriculture

What if I never want to give up my meat?

Food & Agriculture

What will happen to all the cows?

Food & Agriculture

How can we avoid a sudden transition to the modern food system that could threaten the livelihoods of subsistence and artisan farmers and others that work in food production?

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