The Singularity- should we welcome or fear it?
July 19, 2017 The Singularity - when machines are smarter than humans... The reknowned futurist, Ray Kurzweil, believes that the date when machines will be as smart as the smartest humans is about 2045. The significance of when this occurs whether it is 2045 or sooner or later, is that at that point the risks of extermination of the human race starts to rise. This is what Elon Musk, Martin Rees (Cambridge, UK) and so on are starting to worry about. If a machine is smarter tha
Should you get your genome sequenced?
July 6th,2017 For people that would like to get their genome or exome (the subset of the genome that mainly deals with protein encoding genes only, about 1% of the genome) sequenced, some interesting questions are raised. One can get very simple consumer driven genomic listing done by a group like 23andme.com for about £149. Or one can pay £1,000 and upwards to have your full genome sequenced. The 23andme listing can identify some traits and characteristics, perhaps identify
Should you water only fast, to achieve great health?
10 May 2017 Dr Jason Fung of Boston wrote an interesting book called the Complete Guide to Fasting, which addresses many of the aspects of fasting, mainly for weight loss and potentially cure or prevent Type 2 diabetes. The longest water only fast was 382 days (apart from some multivitamins and tea), done for weight loss, and the weight has stayed off. Based on this I undertook a 7 day water only fast, with only green or other teas, mainly for weight loss and weight managemen
Why work in Private Equity or Venture Capital?
1 May 2017 If you wish to amass Great Wealth and perhaps change the world - try Private Equity or Venture Capital...! Would you like to make millions of dollars for yourself and have a phenomenally interesting and varied job? Private Equity, and some areas of Venture Capital, have created many multi millionaires and a number of billionaires since the 80’s. I set out below how it is that many of these people became so wealthy, and why it makes sense to work in these fields if
