Chunka Mui, HumanProgress.org

Chunka Mui

HumanProgress.org

Shelburne, VT, United States

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  • strategy+business
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Past articles by Chunka:

The Six Laws of Zero That Will Shape Our Future

Technological advancements are reshaping countless aspects of the decades to come. → Read More

The Six Laws of Zero That Will Shape Our Future

“There are decades where nothing happens; and, there are weeks where decades happen,” observed Vladimir Lenin. The recent weeks grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic certainly fall into the weeks-where-decades-happen category. What’s more, the trillions of dollars being spent on pandemic-fighting strategies might well make or break the decades to come, as I recently wrote. Take telehealth, the… → Read More

6 Laws Of Zero Will Shape Our Future. For The Better Or Worse Is Up To Us.

Six key drivers of humanity’s progress—computing, communications, information, energy, water and transportation—are headed toward zero cost. A better world is not assured, however. But, if we step up to the challenge, we can make the next few decades ones where centuries happen. → Read More

3 Reasons There Might Be No Path to Success on Climate Change

Ironically, while far-in-the-future climate predictions are intended to mobilize public opinion towards urgent action, they likely hurt that very cause. → Read More

How Will You Put A Dent In The Universe? Here’s My Plan.

We're here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why even be here? → Read More

PG&E Is Just The First Of Many Climate Change Bankruptcies

PG&E was the victim of multiple random acts of climate violence. It could have been better prepared but could not have, alone, saved its customers, investors, creditors, etc., from these consequences of climate change. If we hold companies liable, expect many more climate change bankruptcies. → Read More

15 Hurdles To The Industrialization Of Driverless Cars (Part 1 Of 3)

Remember the Segway? One could well imagine a similar fate for driverless cars. Here are 15 hurdles that AVs must overcome to avoid that outcome. → Read More

6 Lessons That Would Have Prevented The Great Recession

Here are six lessons that would have saved us from the Great Recession. They are the same lessons that could save us from the next great mess. Have we learned them yet? → Read More

Driverless Cars: 90 Percent Done, 90 Percent Left To Go?

Waymo's director of engineering provides vivid details on the complexity of the company's self-driving car effort to date and insight on challenges to come. → Read More

Driverless Cars: 90 Percent Done, 90 Percent Left To Go?

Waymo's director of engineering provides vivid details on the complexity of the company's self-driving car effort to date and insight on challenges to come. → Read More

Three Questions Shape the Prospects of Alphabet's Waymo

Google vaulted from nowhere to grab the lead in driverless cars, but Waymo aims to win the race. → Read More

10 Questions Reveal The Limits Of AI

AI developers are making amazing advances. But, having a clear-eyed view of what AI can and cannot do is key to making good decisions about this disruptive technology — and leaving the irrational… → Read More

Waymo Is Crushing The Field In Driverless Cars

The data shows that Waymo is not only 615,000 miles ahead of its competitors but also that those competitors are still neophytes when it comes to proving their technology on real roads and interacting with unpredictable elements such as infrastructure, traffic and human drivers. → Read More

The Wisdom of Doing Things Wrong

What do you do when you see the need for a big change? Unfortunately, most of us tend to do nothing. Instead, we need to find the wisdom in doing things wrong. → Read More

A Diabetes Prevention Moonshot

We must discard several misconceptions and reimagine how our society confronts this deadly, and expensive, disease. → Read More

Singapore: The First-Mover Nation for Driverless Cars

Startup nuTonomy thinks that the island nation is the place to make autonomous vehicles — in the form of driverless taxis — a reality. → Read More

Trillions Will Depend On Whether Driverless Cars Require Human Drivers

The answer to this question is usually debated on technical merits. The more significant distinctions, however, lie in the competing business models motivating each approach—and the economic fallout that each implies. → Read More

Do You Have The Patient Urgency Required For Successful Innovation?

In corporate innovation, little else matters if your timing is wrong. Precise timing, however, is a fool’s errand. What is needed, instead, is a strong dose of “patient urgency.” → Read More

Pilots Can Be Deadly For Product Innovation

Once something gets anointed as a “pilot,” it’s no longer an option—it’s the destination. That can lock in early misconceptions of market dynamics, customer needs and technology requirements. → Read More

You Hardly Need To Discover A New Market To Make Billions

Forget Blue Ocean Strategy. Self-made billionaires ignore the distinction between "blue oceans" and "red oceans." 80 percent made their fortunes in contested market spaces. They operate in markets “that are a blending of new approaches within old modes that reveal ways to re-create the space.” → Read More