Energy provides the means to do work; education allows workers to specialize; information/communication abundance not only furthers specialization (t… - Peter Diamandis

Heuristics are an evolutionary solution to an ongoing problem: we have limited mental resources. As such, they have a very long and thoroughly time-tested history of helping us — on average — make better decisions. But what Kahneman discovered is that there are certain situations when our reliance on heuristics leads to what he calls "severe and systematic errors."

We're living through the most consequential moment in human history. AI is writing its own code. Satellites are connecting every phone on Earth. Robots are outrunning humans. Cancer patients are designing their own cures.

Everyone had grown to believe that only NASA and professional astronauts could travel into space. What Burt and his team did was demonstrate that all of us will have the chance to make that trip in the near future. He changed the paradigm.