Space, as it turns out, is big. The first company built to take the fiction out of science fiction is amongst the most valuable on Earth. - Peter Diamandis

Cultured meat (or in-vitro meat, as some prefer) is meat grown from stem cells. The process was pioneered by NASA in the late 1990s, as the agency suspected this might be a good way to feed astronauts on long space flights.

Sebastian Thrun, previously the director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and now the head of Google’s autonomous car lab, feels the benefits will be significant. “There are nearly 50 million auto accidents worldwide each year, with over 1.2 million needless deaths. AI applications such as automatic breaking or lane guidance will keep drivers from injuring themselves when falling asleep at the wheel. This is where artificial intelligence can help save lives every day.

We are no longer living in a time where one of progress' biggest bottlenecks was 'not enough thinking', today we have experts, entrepreneurs, and everyday people tackling the world's biggest problems from a computer on their desk. 

That's what keeps me optimistic about the future of humanity. We no longer have a scarcity of experts.