Category: Data Ecosystem

Future thinking is a luxury. Only once you’ve achieved Physiological and Safety Needs on Maslow’s Hierarchy, can you then get back to dreaming and pondering the future. That’s the conclusion that the Inevitable/Human team has come to during the current COVID-19 pandemic. We felt that as future-thinkers, the best foresight we could practice was in… Continue reading Why We’re Donating Our CPU to Folding COVID-19 Proteins

When I think of innovation in pharmaceuticals, I think of the work that goes on in a lab for years, sometimes decades, to create a groundbreaking drug. But the innovation doesn’t stop once that drug leaves the lab. There are loads of inconsistencies and problems that occur once a drug is on the market that… Continue reading 4 Ways Technology is Making Pharmaceuticals Safer

Every day, millions of artists enter their studio and instead of picking up a brush, a pencil, or a can of spray paint, they power on their computers, tablets, and cameras. They are digital-native artists who, at the end of their creative process, have created a digital file. Does that digital file have value? Sentimental… Continue reading Why I Still Believe in Digital Art Investments

Globalization has its perks. Hop on a plane and go nearly anywhere in the world at any time. Sell your products and services to the 4.5 billion digital citizens, instead of the few thousand or million in your area. But one thing that globalization doesn’t help is the spread of infections and disease. At any… Continue reading AI Against Pandemics – The Algorithm that Helped Contain the Coronavirus

In ten years, having digitally reviewed 10,000 places will be far more valuable on a social level than having 10,000 followers. Reviews are the building blocks of trust on the Internet. And they’ve yet to be realized to their full potential in terms of social utility. Imagine for a moment that you’re out to eat… Continue reading The Next Great Influencers will be Google Reviewers

Where’s the social network for dead people? Alright, horrible way of wording it. Where’s the social network dedicated to honoring the deceased? A place where we can connect with people who were connected to our friends that passed. A place we can revisit years or decades later that is filled with stories, photos, and memories… Continue reading Death and Digital Technology – Where are the Startups for the Dying Industry?

2019 was heavily projected to be the first year that digital ad spend finally surpassed traditional print and TV ads. It’s a moment that says a lot about how ad dollars are allocated: ad dollars are slow to adopt new platforms. In advertising, it’s not always best to be ahead of the curve and first… Continue reading The Next Great Ad Platforms (Twitch & TikTok) have a Huge Barrier to Entry

The Internet brought us: Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook, Alibaba, PayPal, Salesforce, and many more. The mobile internet brought us Uber, Venmo, Instagram, etc. What will the Internet of DNA bring us? Although not directly in the line of succession, the Internet of DNA is going to be a major offshoot development from the Internet. What companies… Continue reading These Companies are Betting on the Internet of DNA

The greatest trick technology companies ever played was persuading society to surveil itself. Thompson & Warzel, NY Times In the matter of a couple decades, personal location data has gone from a record that no one ever knew existed to a public record that any company can get their hands on. Citizens would surely rise… Continue reading Your Location is Your Identity, Just as Much as Your DNA