Last week we claimed the Skywalkers were rising. This week MSP takes a look at some at the science and tech advances that are giving hope for the coming decade. 

[] Show Notes []

Flaming Twenties isn’t a reference to Australia’s bush fires, is it?
No. That would be quite crass. 
No I mean it in the popular fire emoji sense.
The decade where our ingenuity and awareness are on fire. 
Last decade pretty poor.
Last episode, ran thru some of many reasons this might be the case. 
Overreach of silicon valley and tech firms,
Dark money and fake news. 
General mistrust of technology and science. 

None of which indicates why you’d be optimistic for the future.
Last week we talked about realisation.
The noughties was a decade of hope, where we trusted tech would liberate us and enrich us, materially and spiritually.

Rather than send us into dark holes of despair and dissatisfaction?
Exactly. Not going to go over same ground.
Listen to last week’s show if you need a does of despair and devilry.
But I ended it with some of the things I think will be bright spots in the next ten or even 20 years.
Mentioned CRISPR, gene and biotech.
Revolution in food. 
Growing importance of blockchain technologies. 
Most importantly the growing awareness of people. 
Especially that spirit of activism amongst the younger generations. 
Ended last week saying the Skywalkers are rising.
I believe that.

Where do we start? With biotech?
Get there in a minute.
Always fun to look back at predictions.
This is the 2020s.
We were kids at roughly the same time.
What did you imagine the 2020s would look like?