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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · 6d

Degrowth says we need to be poorer to save the planet. We say: that’s nonsense. Dr. @adamdorr.bsky.social's brand new book argues for a brighter, technology-driven future. Get your copy today.
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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · 14d

AI Pocket Pet? Casio launches Moflin, "AI companion...designed to be responsive like a living creature" www.casio.com/us/moflin/?u...

Moflin: AI Robot Companion | Emotional, Responsive AI | CASIO

Experience the responsive AI of Casio’s Moflin, a comforting robot companion. Moflin is an AI companion that learns and adapts, offering solace and connection.

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Jul 30

NEWSFLASH: Figure F-03's 5 hour battery is just MORE proof! 🚀 We've been saying it for years: lithium-ion battery costs are plummeting at an exponential rate.This isn't a transition; it's a disruption! #RethinkX #Disruption #StellarWorld #SWBSuperpower hubs.li/Q03zs9jd0

F.03 Battery Development

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Jul 17

Tesla's Robotaxi's are here. The autonomous vehicle disruption is here. And It's a brace for impact situation." - Adam Dorr, RethinkX Director of Research on the coming disruption of transportation... Watch the latest episode of our new video series 'Beyond The Curve': youtu.be/YV7Tb6uJ6rA

The Dawn of Tesla's Robotaxi Network & Automated Transportation | Beyond the Curve with RethinkX

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Jul 17

RethinkX co-founder Tony Seba launches a new macro-based systems transformation fund 💫 Autonomy Stellar 💫 Find out more here: stellar.autonomycapital.com

Stellar by Autonomy Capital | Phase-Change & Disruptive Tech Fund

Stellar is Autonomy Capital’s fund investing in phase-change technologies across energy, transport, IT & food, co-led by Tony Seba and Robert Gibbins.

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Jul 9

"Technology has a new target in its crosshairs – and that’s us. That’s our labour.” Great to see our Director of Research Adam Dorr, featured in The Guardian discussing the inevitable rise of robots & AI! 🤖 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Futurist Adam Dorr on how robots will take our jobs: ‘We don’t have long to get ready – it’s going to be tumultuous’

Researcher says tech could replace nearly all human labour within 20 years and societies urgently need to prepare

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Jul 3

Read the article: www.scmp.com/tech/big-tec...

Baidu joins open-source movement by making Ernie 4.5 models publicly available

Beijing-based Baidu, one of the earliest tech firms in China to develop LLMs, has made a U-turn by making its models open source.

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Jul 3

Baidu's Big U-Turn: Ernie 4.5 Goes Open Source!

China's AI landscape is shifting! Baidu, once a proponent of proprietary models, just dropped 10 variants of its Ernie 4.5 multimodal AI models on Hugging Face.

The future of AI is open. Are you ready? #AI #OpenSource #Baidu #ErnieAI #TechRevolution

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Jun 24

🌎 Teleoperation—The Future of Humanoid Robotics? Read RethinkX's latest insight deep-dive... www.rethinkx.com/blog/humanoi...

Teleoperation - The Future of Humanoid Robotics?

Explore the accidental discovery that revolutionized synthetic chemistry and led to the creation of countless modern products, starting with a brilliant purple dye.

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Jun 24

"Every aspect of all of the fundamental sectors of the economy, of society and of life have the same patterns. New technologies replace old ones with the same characteristics each time. These characteristics are called 'The Pattern of Progress' 🌎 Watch the interview: hubs.li/Q03t6hsg0

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Jun 24

Solar, wind and batteries can power energy systems anywhere on Earth. “Around-the-clock solar is no longer just a technical possibility and distant dream, but an economic reality." says UK ThinkTank Ember. hubs.li/Q03thGZX0

“It changes everything:” Plunging costs of PV and batteries mean 24-hour solar a growing reality

Plunging cost of PV and battery storage in last year has made “24-hour” solar a reality for cities and industries in many parts of the world, a new report says.

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Jun 12

Why the future belongs to 'stellar societies'? ✨🌎 Read this essential interview with RethinkX/Stellar co-founders
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The Tony Seba and James Arbib interview: Why the future belongs to "stellar societies”

The cofounders of think tank RethinkX are convinced that humanity is undergoing civilizational phase change.

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Jun 2

It's the 10th Anniversary of Tony Seba's Amazon #1 Best-Seller, 'Clean Disruption', and the team at RethinkX decided it was time for a refresh... Get your copy of Clean Disruption: 10 Years Later now! www.rethinkx.com/publications...

Clean Disruption | RethinkX

Explore the 10th Anniversary Edition of Clean Disruption, reflecting on the past decade and forecasting the future of energy and transportation disruption.

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · May 28

Clean energy superabundance is possible anywhere on Earth, and RethinkX's Stellar Energy Tool will help you get there. www.rethinkx.com/energy/explo...

Stellar Energy Explorer Tool

Unlock superabundant energy in your region with Stellar Energy using our Superpower Explorer. Discover optimal solar, wind, and battery solutions to lead the clean energy revolution. Inquire now.

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · May 26

“A world where we have clean energy superabundance is a world of extraordinary possibilities”

Adam Dorr discusses RethinkX’s latest report on a new episode of Brighter with Herbert...

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EXCLUSIVE: Tesla Wins Big With Unlimited Clean Energy | Adam Dorr

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · May 22

RethinkX's Groundbreaking New Report 'Understanding Stellar Energy' is HERE 🚀 RethinkX's latest report provides a roadmap for anyone seeking to navigate the coming energy transformation...

Understanding Stellar Energy (2025) (English)

Discover RethinkX's latest energy report, and how 100% clean electricity from solar, wind, and batteries can transform the energy sector by 2030, making it more affordable and sustainable worldwide.

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · May 6

From Funghi to Fats, Sawdust to Palm Oil... Precision Fermentation can produce any complex organic molecules from waste! and these companies know it... 🚀https://hubs.li/Q03k9PM60

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · May 6

What if every conflict, every inequality and every environmental destruction that has taken place in the world had the same single root cause? 🚀 hubs.li/Q03k9KXB0

Stellar: A world beyond limits, and how to get there. : Arbib, James, Seba, Tony: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Buy Stellar: A world beyond limits, and how to get there. by Arbib, James, Seba, Tony (ISBN: 9781067046408) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · May 6

Chinese robot outperforms human teams in Australian solar installation hubs.li/Q03k9JTV0

Chinese robot does job of three to four humans installing thousands of panels at Australian solar project

Chinese company says its robot solar mounting machine can install solar panels at three and five times faster than a team of humans, and slash construction times.

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Apr 24

What's new on RethinkX's Periodic Table of Precision Fermentation? Take a look 👀 www.rethinkx.com/blog/whats-n...

What’s new on our Periodic Table of Precision Fermentation?

New Zealand's meat and dairy industries face disruption from modern food technologies. It's time to rethink and innovate to prepare for the future of food.

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Apr 23

Ivy-League Chatbot Therapist yields positive mental health benefits in trial 🤖 hubs.li/Q03hm9d10

In the next 15 years (or less!) AI and Humanoid Robots will disrupt every sector of the human-labor engine, from therapists to bartenders, surgeons to barista's. hubs.li/Q03hm9gM0

The Future of Labor | RethinkX

Explore the disruption of labor by humanoid robotics and AI

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Apr 14

New meat alternative? Look to Dairy's biggest byproduct for a low-carbon, low-impact, high nutrition meat... all from up-cycled whey 🐄🚀 hubs.li/Q03gHqkH0

From Waste to Protein: Researchers Develop New Way to Upcycle Whey

Whey is the dairy industry's largest byproduct – but it also has enormous potential to reduce food waste and develop sustainable microbial proteins.

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Apr 14

Pakistan’s solar boom ☀️🔋 EV rise, and climate action signal a historic shift from fragility to clean tech leadership across Asia’s most unexpected energy frontier... hubs.li/Q03gtlx10

Pakistan’s 22 GW Solar Shock: How a Fragile State Went Full Clean Energy - CleanTechnica

Pakistan’s solar boom, EV rise, and climate action signal a historic shift from fragility to clean tech leadership across Asia’s most unexpected energy frontier.

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Mar 19

By 2045, there will be virtually nothing a human can do that a machine cannot to better for a tiny fraction of the cost...

Watch RethinkX's latest insight—The Painful Truth about AI & Robotics: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZT8...

Robotics & AI Insights | The Painful Truth about AI & Robotics | Adam Dorr

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Mar 19

Portable factories solution to mass manufacturing solar energy? 🔋☀️🌎 hubs.li/Q03ct4qf0

Charge Robotics is developing portable factories that automate the assembly and installation of large-scale solar farms, aiming to significantly reduce costs and speed up deployment... www.rethinkx.com/energy

Making solar projects cheaper and faster with portable factories

Charge Robotics, founded by MIT alumni, created a system that automatically assembles and installs completed sections of solar farms on project sites.

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