Editor’s note: Marshall Brain – futurist, inventor, NCSU professor, writer and creator of “How Stuff Works” is a contributor to WRAL TechWire, taking a serious as well as entertaining world of possibilities for the world and the human race. He’s also author of “The Doomsday Book.” +++ RALEIGH – Will Smith slapped...
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A rapidly emerging threat to us all is the global food supply and the effects that Russia, Ukraine and China might have on it. Toss in the wildcard coming from as-yet-unknown weather extremes during this year’s growing season, and the worst-case food scenario could become dire for up to a billion people on planet Earth. Let’s take a look.
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Editor’s note: Marshall Brain – futurist, inventor, NCSU professor, writer and creator of “How Stuff Works” is a contributor to WRAL TechWire, taking a serious as well as entertaining world of possibilities for the world and the human race. +++ My sister died this week. Even though we know that everyone...
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To thoughtful humans, the entire affair feels like an indictment of the human species. On the one hand, one part of the human species started the war and all its destruction for no reason. And then on the other hand the rest of the human species seems to stand by and refuses to stop the war, even though they could. In the year 2022, why is this doomsday scenario happening at all?
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Trying to predict the future can be difficult. There are so many unknowns (like Covid), so many bad actors (like ISIS), and so many alternate possibilities (like Bitcoin). Without a magic crystal ball to help us, we have no 100% accurate idea what is coming. But we can see possibilities …
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Meet Triangle entrepreneur and creator of “How Stuff Works” Marshall Brain, the newest contributor to WRAL TechWire, in this interview with editor Rick Smith.
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Note: Rick Smith, the author of The Skinny, is co-founder and editor of WRAL TechWire, which is celebrating its 20th year of operation throughout 2022. +++ RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – The Skinny is sure most readers of WRAL TechWire over its 20 years of existence are familiar with Marshall...
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