#44 Movie Time: Stowaway (2021)

▶️ Today’s film is a science fiction drama about a Mars mission (=official travel, esp. by the military or astronauts) that runs into trouble after they discover an unconscious (=not awake, not moving) man in their space ship. Watch how they struggle to keep enough oxygen for their long trip.

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#9 Future: Working at Amazon

▶️ If you work at an Amazon warehouse (=building to store goods) of the future you face some pretty harsh (=tough, difficult) rules. The company uses high-tech to record every minute of “time off task” – the time that you spend not actually working. Is this the future of work?

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#10 Future: A world without cash

▶️ Some countries are more advanced than others but one trend can be seen everywhere – cashless payments are becoming more popular. And one day we will probably live in a cashless world.

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#11 Future: Geoengineering

▶️ As the globe is getting warmer scientists are developing technology to cool us down. However, there’s no solution without major risks.

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#50 Movie Time: The Social Dilemma (2020)

▶️ Today’s film is something between a documentary and a drama. In it, tech industry insiders report how social media has turned from a blessing into something evil, causing many social and personal problems. An absolute must-watch for concerned citizens (=people who are worried about society)!

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#51 Movie Time: Idiocracy (2006)

▶️ Today’s film is a comedy set in the future. The basic idea is that in our present times intelligent, educated people tend to have less children than unintelligent people. This means that in the future there will be less and less intelligent people. Watch just how bad things could turn out (=become) for humanity.

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#43 Know Your World: ChatGPT

▶️ AI has been a hot topic for a while now and we may be witnessing (=seeing sth happening) a real breakthrough (=big and sudden improvement) these days as AI is now ever more (=much more than before) interactive and even able to compose (=create) original texts.

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👉 Try out the bot: @GPTtg_bot

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#12 Future: A linear city

▶️ The world’s most futuristic city is under construction in 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia. It’s being built in a straight line that stretches (=has a length of) over 170 kilometres. The smart city will be called “The Line” and is set to (=planned to) be completed by 2030.

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#13 Future: Meat from the lab

▶️ Is this meat real or fake? Yes it’s meat but no, it’s no it’s not from a slaughtered (=killed for meat) animal. Lab (=laboratory) meat solves a lot of problems but at the same time raises a lot of questions. Watch this report from 🇮🇱Israel.

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#50 Know Your World: How to worry wisely about AI

▶️ Humanity is facing the decision of how to deal with ever smarter artificial intelligence. Read this recent article from the Economist to find out what’s happening.

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