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Are apprenticeships the solution?From everything we're reading about apprenticeships, it seems like they're one of the most favorabl…
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Should we fix the housing problem as a way to help people find work?Part of the fun of doing research is when you find things you haven't really considered before. Her…
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A.I., Automation, and DemographicsIn a recent article released by the Brookings Institution, the authors laid out the nuanced distinc…
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Minorities Are Disproportionately AffectedMinorities are disproportionally affected by the shift in occupations and skills. In the United Sta…
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Opioid EpidemicThe U.S. is in the midst of an opioid epidemic, which claimed 130 lives every day in 2019. The epid…
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What is work?We'd like to kick off these discussions with a basic question: What is work? This helps us challen…
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Competing with Robots: Firm-Level Evidence from FranceA working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research that may be of interest: Click here…
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Stigma Against People with Mental DisordersMental disorders suffer from a social stigma that deters potential employers from hiring people who…
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How the Spatial Web Will Transform Every Element of Our CareersThe latest blog of our founder, Peter Diamandis, is on the future of work! Click here to read the…
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The Skills Companies Need Most in 2020LinkedIn Learning surfaced timely data from its network of 660+ million professionals and 20+ milli…
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What's the role of the government in training people for the future of work?One of the issues we came across in our research is that the U.S. government's spendings on employm…
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Housing and RelocationAcross the U.S., major job centers like New York and Los Angeles suffer from severe housing afforda…
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Guides to Potable reuseThe World Health Organization released a report with guidelines for potable reuse. Is the WHO the …
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Interesting popular science books on the employment effects of automation/digitalizationI enjoyed the following popular science books on the effects of automation and digitalization and l…
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The Global Water CrisisGreat solutions begin with a strong understanding of the problem, a core aspect guiding XPRIZE's pr…
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What are the barriers to deploying winning solutions?As part of our prize design, XPRIZE tries to understand barriers successful teams might have in dep…
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The great divide: how many jobs will be lost to automation?How many jobs will be lost to automation by 2035? That's a pretty loaded question, and every foreca…
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The price of water reclamationThe team is looking at the "gold standard" for water reclamation around the world. One si…
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Report from 2014 explains the federal government just can't retrain everyoneIn 2014 Joe Biden issued the “Ready to Work” Federal report, which explicitly mentions that the U.S…
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A great report about AI and the future of workIf you're interested in the future of work in the age of advanced AI, I strongly recommend The Futu…
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Completion of the Empowered Children (Lost Children) Prize DesignThank you to everyone who participated in this Prize Design! As the team finalizes the design, the …
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The End of the Working ClassRecommend this long read by Brink Lindsey, vice president and director of the Open Society Project …
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Healthy Longevity Global CompetitionFounded by the U.S. National Academy of Medicine Join our global movement to extend the human healt…
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US$30 Million to Seed Hundreds of Bold, Innovative Ideas for Human Longevity!On this ideaXme episode, I am joined by Dr. Victor Dzau, President of the U.S. National Academy of …
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George MacGinnis, UKRI, $125 Million Healthy Ageing ChallengeOn this ideaXme (https://radioideaxme.com/) episode I speak with George MacGinnis, Healthy Ageing C…
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Entry FieldsHere is a list of the potential entry fields that teams would need to build capabilities for in the…
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Prize Design SummaryThe Clean Air XPRIZE is a 49-month competition with an additional two years of post-prize scaling i…
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Prize TimelineThank you for all the advice you've given us in the community! We are now ready to share our propos…
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Bonus AwardsXPRIZE competitions sometimes offer bonus awards to incentivize team progress towards the competiti…
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About the Feeding the Next Billion Prize DesignXPRIZE is excited to officially kick off the design process of our Feeding the Next Billion prize c…