If A.I. providers serve up ready-made material without the user needing to click through to the original source, how will creators afford to keep providing content? And if content providers go away, where will A.I. get its material?
Every minute a plane spends sitting on the tarmac costs the airlines money, reduces passengers’ goodwill, and has a negative environmental impact. Is there a more efficient way to board a bunch of strangers and get them to sit down and stay there?
Day after day, we consume the same diet of movies, music, and news, served up by automated recommenders. This leads to content fatigue and ends in disengagement.
We do have technology; let’s use it to break the tedium.
Why do airlines charge flyers for the inconvenience of checking luggage, while generally giving away the privilege of carrying a bag on board?
Shouldn’t it be the reverse?
HR departments should report to a board or an independent body. As it is now, reporting to company leadership protects neither the business nor the employee.
Public holidays reinforce who we are as nations, races, and communities. Let’s expand our calendars, knowledge and traditions by rotating through new holidays every few years.
We solve Bill Gates’ dilemma of how to distribute his vast fortune.
The Metropolitan Museum of New York's obsessive hoarding could benefit others while modernizing the role of museums.
Let’s reduce the daily scourge of package waste produced by our city's weekday lunch takeout.