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Scenario prompt 2 July 2025
The scenario prompt for 2 July 2025 is the metaverse. Accelerated by AI. Not only are we moving from search to answer, we will move from clicking to behaving. How can you apply extended reality to your business model?
The other prompts are soft and hard 3D printing, expert generalists, the quantum internet, strategy in chaos, strategy communication, living materials, liquid metal-infused circuit boards, psychedelic-AI assisted therapy, curing paralysis and you are the upgrade.
3D-printed resin ‘shocks’ scientists with rubber-like flex, plastic-like strength
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/3d-printed-resin-shocks-scientists
Researchers have developed a fast and precise 3D printing method using resins that can seamlessly merge soft and hard properties into a single object using different light colors
Expert Generalists
https://martinfowler.com/articles/expert-generalist.html
As computer systems get more sophisticated we've seen a growing trend to value deep specialists. But we've found that our most effective colleagues have a skill in spanning many specialties. We are thus starting to explicitly recognize this as a first-class skill of “Expert Generalist”
Engineers Build “Universal Translator” for Quantum Computers
https://scitechdaily.com/engineers-build-universal-translator-for-quantum-computers/
Silicon breakthrough may provide the foundation for a global quantum internet.
Strategic and Annual Planning in Chaotic Times: What Every CEO Should Know
https://www.bcg.com/publications/2025/strategic-and-annual-planning-in-chaotic-times
Run scenarios to identify a strong base case that can “win in all weathers” and keep AI momentum going.
You Should Be Able to Boil Your Strategy Down to a Single Clear Visualization
A one-slide representation is the best way to win over employees and investors
New ‘Living’ Materials Could Let Us Build On Mars Using Only Dirt, Water, And Sunlight
https://studyfinds.org/living-materials-build-on-mars/
Scientists engineered a self-sustaining system using cyanobacteria and fungi that can grow on Martian soil simulant, air, light, and water to form solid, cement-like materials.
'Unlike conventional electronics': New liquid metal-infused circuit boards can self-heal and work after taking heavy damage
Circuit boards are traditionally built with thermosets, such as silicone or epoxy resins, a type of plastic that becomes permanently rigid and hard after being heat cured. But vitrimer can be altered by reapplying heat, meaning that the circuit boards can be adapted into entirely new configurations.
People are using AI to ‘sit’ with them while they trip on psychedelics
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/01/1119513/ai-sit-trip-psychedelics/
Some people believe chatbots like ChatGPT can provide an affordable alternative to in-person psychedelic-assisted therapy. Many experts say it’s a bad idea.
The metaverse as we knew it failed, but it’s being resurrected for new worlds
The metaverse seems to thrive today not as a generic duplicate of our world, but rather a purposeful industry solution solving a need that already exists. Read https://www.ronimmink.com/immersive-reality-from-clicking-to-behaving/
Paralysis cure next? Electric spinal implant restores movement in injured rats
https://interestingengineering.com/health/spinal-implant-paralysis-recovery-breakthrough
They developed an ultra-thin implant designed to sit directly on the spinal cord, precisely positioned over the injury site.
You are the upgrade
https://www.ronimmink.com/product/a-book-about-books-about-ai/
Data, acceleration, and the future of intelligence: Lessons from 25 core books (and links to 114 other books) about AI, technology abstraction, and consciousness.
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