The Future is Electric

Michael Barnard
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Welcome to The Future is Electric, a techno-optimistic site devoted to technologies which are changing the world for the better, especially around low-carbon innovation. It's an extension of the Medium publication of the same name.

  1. 02/06/2020

    TFIE068 ML09: Building conscious machines - What Kahneman and AI can teach us about ourselves

    What will it be like to interact with a conscious machine? What does it mean to be conscious? What is there to interact with? Where can we start? This is a podcast version of the article of the same title in the TFIE Medium publication, written and recorded by frequent TFIE collaborator David Clement.

    6 min

  2. 02/05/2020

    TFIE067 ML08: The Mountain - A metaphor for aligning human perception and machine learning

    It is difficult for many of us to understand the language of machine learning and thus we map this into the only common experience we have of AI: popular culture. The gap between ‘Skynet’ and what Yoshua Bengio is describing is vast. We need a new fiction that can help us all understand what it really is and the impact it is likely to have. This is a podcast version of the article of the same title in the TFIE Medium publication, written and recorded by TFIE collaborator David Clement.

    7 min

  3. 02/04/2020

    TFIE066 CT027: Hydroelectric dams have environmental challenges

    For many, hydroelectric dams seem as if they should be environmentally benign, delivering large quantities of carbon-free electricity. The water is renewable, there are no fossil fuels involved and you end up with lovely lakes. But dams have a dark side and siting is important. This is a podcast version of the article of the same title in the TFIE Medium publication.

    9 min

  4. 02/04/2020

    TFIE065 CT026: Indonesia suffered in 2018 but global warming is a greater issue

    Indonesia is a regional powerhouse and a growing economy of value to itself, the region and the world. It’s currently struggling with a trio of natural disasters in Sulawesi with an earthquake, a resultant tsunami and now a major volcanic eruption. But its long-term ability to thrive is more challenged by climate change. This is a podcast version of the article of the same title in the TFIE Medium publication.

    18 min

  5. 02/04/2020

    TFIE064 CT025: Fixing climate change is much easier than the alternative

    Population is a current obsession of the deny and delay crowd. On the one hand, there’s the inaccurate, ahistorical and racist assertion that it’s population growth that’s the problem, specifically in countries where there are people who aren’t white and Christian. This is a podcast version of the article of the same title in the TFIE Medium podcast.

    16 min

  6. 02/02/2020

    TFIE063 CUL32: China is the only scaled manufacturer of many necessary technologies

    This is the last in a series of articles detailing the challenges facing rapid transformation to substantial decarbonization by 2030. This article deals with a different challenge, that of procuring enough of the right technology for rapid transformation. This is a podcast version of the article of the same title in the TFIE Medium publication.

    13 min

  7. 02/02/2020

    TFIE062 CUL31: Utilities and transit poorly positioned for transformation

    This article deals with a specific challenge within major organizations which will be seeing substantial change over the next 20 years, and organizations which are expected to drive those changes. This is a podcast version of the article of the same title in the TFIE Medium publication.

    18 min

  8. 02/01/2020

    TFIE061 CUL30: Patchwork regulation slows low-carbon transformation

    This article deals with the specific headwinds of regulatory patchworks that exist across the United States and Canada, headwinds which will slow rapid decarbonization and must be addressed. This is a podcast version of the article of the same title in the TFIE Medium publication.

    12 min
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Welcome to The Future is Electric, a techno-optimistic site devoted to technologies which are changing the world for the better, especially around low-carbon innovation. It's an extension of the Medium publication of the same name.

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  • Creator
    Michael Barnard
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2020
  • Episodes
    70
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Michael Barnard
  • Show Website
    The Future is Electric