Posted 12/19/2023, 3:55:20 PM
Modern Science Leaps Forward Through Global Collaboration and Risk Mitigation
- Overview of major scientific breakthroughs in early 20th century physics, genetics, anthropology, and chemistry that shaped modern science
- Scale and funding of modern science through global collaborations and industry support is unrecognizable compared to 100 years ago
- 2100s discoveries like human genome sequencing, CRISPR gene editing, Higgs boson, gravitational waves were disruptive and provided new research directions
- Need for global agreements to govern risks of innovations like AI, as was done for plastics and chemical weapons
- Impossible to predict full impact of 21st century innovations in 100 years, but coordination needed to minimize harmful disruptions