So thrilled to have Ida Kymmer over for the Summit! 🔥 Journee Looking to join us? Apply at splitx.com/summit/

Some people think they can, others think it is nonsense, but there does seem to be evidence for this. iflscience.com/can-you-smell-…

Zuck v Musk fight will be live-streamed on 𝕏. All proceeds will go to charity for veterans.

Introducing the hidden design maestro you need on your radar: Peter Yee. Behind the scenes of Oakley's 90s and 00s glory days — get ready to immerse yourself in his personal archive of 25 years of design, now available on-chain and phygital format, on SPIN.FASHION.

Hivemind and fighter jets - written in July last year but ever so important read. “The AI-Powered, Totally Autonomous Future of War Is Here” by ⁦Will Knight⁩ wired.com/story/ai-power…

If you understand evolution, you don’t need fitness and diet influencers.

“Guess what? There are no frets! For YEARS my fingers have had to figure out where they need to be in order to get the right sounds out.” Yo-Yo Ma on the cello in youtube.com/watch?v=446aD9…

I think it is our relationship with new technology that shows what implication it has for the future. I think this is the key for Apple Vision Pro so far: “My brain forgot that I was looking through cameras and screens, it took what it saw as reality” youtu.be/UvkgmyfMPks?si…

Spent a few days in Victoria Falls and Chobe. Didn’t realize how much I’ve missed spending time in African wilderness.

Ukraine’s tech startups, Elon Musk’s peace price nomination, and the UN's call to stop tech giants' toxic content. I’ve started a weekly newsletter combining the two topics I am the best at. Sign up at idakymmer.com/tech-for-war-a…

"And yet, if a mother’s insecurity can fuel her daughter’s own self-loathing, a mother’s radical self-love might just protect and even heal her daughter from a toxic culture" nytimes.com/2024/02/24/opi…

⚠ 🕊 Can we become better conflict mediators with a little help? 🕊 ⚠ The big topics this week were how U.S. technology is being used by the wrong actors, and how AI is being integrated into peace mediation. Sign up the weekly Tech for War and Peace: idakymmer.com/tech-for-war-a…

This week in Tech for War and Peace: The U.S. Army at SXSW, Palantir Wins TITAN Contract, A Metal War, and the Conflict Resolution Solutions Market. Sign up here: idakymmer.com/tech-for-war-a…

SpaceX Spy Satellites, a Possible UN Resolution on AI, and the Digital Exclusion of Refugees in the UK - 1 month of my newsletter Tech for War and Peace! Sign up at: idakymmer.com/tech-for-war-a…

E-waste is estimated to reach 82 million tons in 2030 according to the newly published UNITAR report. Read my take on it here: idakymmer.com/journal/w-wast…

This week in Tech for War and Peace: The UN AI Safety Resolution, Techno-Optimism, and a 3D Printed School in Ukraine. Sign up at idakymmer.com/tech-for-war-a…

This week in Tech for War and Peace: Drones change warfare in Africa, Israeli startups and the war, and who to hire refugee talent in Ethiopia. idakymmer.com/tech-for-war-a…

“being the worst thing our species does, war is a creative spur […] it is possible to theorise how war might serve as a stimulant […] the violence itself often gives rise to some kind of technical innovation.” - Janan Ganesh in Financial Times idakymmer.com/tech-for-war-a…

The interconnected events that we can’t hide from, and the fact that technology can also kill us. idakymmer.com/tech-for-war-a…

Think about how desensitised many of us already are when watching the news or taking in content. What happens then if your job is to watch war content day in and day out on a screen? “a disconnect could occur whereby human actors start to see real people as items on a screen”