Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP | Strategic Futurist Speaker (Page 5)

Building Tomorrow: The $51.6M Chip That Breaks AI's Energy Crisis

Silicon Valley chases AI dreams. Now they're chasing nuclear reactors to power them. The revolution just got real.

Waste Wood Just Became Stronger Than Steel: The $500M Factory That Changes Everything

Soft poplar scraps that couldn't build a garden shed are becoming bulletproof doors. Welcome to the molecular revolution changing everything.

Why AI Agents Are Splitting Your Soul Into Pieces

Ask ChatGPT to "just handle this" and you're Voldemort dividing your soul. Except instead of immortality, you're achieving digital serfdom.

The Walmart Heiress Who's Teaching Doctors to Prescribe Art Instead of Pills

The world's richest woman just spent a fortune teaching doctors to ignore everything we think we know about medicine. And she might save healthcare.

Synthetic Minds | Smarter Insights, Faster

This week’s Synthetic Minds covers your personal AI research layer, the rise of robot metabolism, AI-generated disaster bait, physics breakthroughs from alien-minded algorithms, and startup teams so small they’d fit in a sedan. Welcome to a world where even reality is optimized.

AI Designed a Physics Experiment So Bizarre, Thousands of Scientists Missed It for 40 Years

LIGO spent $1.1 billion detecting gravitational waves. An AI just made it 15% better using designs that "looked like alien things... just a mess."

AI Wrote a Joke About Marie Antoinette's Beheading. The Audience Laughed. We're All Doomed

"It's got the perfect cut – just like her head." That's what AI responded when asked about Marie Antoinette's diamond. I laughed. Then I questioned everything.

She Drove 3 Hours to a Tourist Attraction That Only Existed in AI's Mind

"Why do they do this to people?" The Malaysian grandmother's voice cracked as she realized the scenic Kuak Skyride she'd seen on TikTok was pixels and lies.

Why Your Farm Doesn't Need You Anymore

While a $2 million tractor plants wheat across 7,500 acres, the modern farmer of today is on a Zoom call. The steering wheel hasn't been touched in hours.

31% of Teens Say AI Friends Are Better Than Human Ones. Your Child Is Already There

Your daughter's best friend never sleeps, never judges, and lives in her phone. She prefers it that way.