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  1. Dec 2022
  2. Jun 2022
    1. Milkoreit et al. (23) propose a common definition of social tipping points (STPs) as points “within an SES at which a small quantitative change inevitably triggers a non-linear change in the social component of the SES, driven by self-reinforcing positive-feedback mechanisms, that inevitably and often irreversibly lead to a qualitatively different state of the social system.” There are historical examples of dynamic social spreading effects leading to a large self-amplification of small interventions: For example, the writings of one man, Martin Luther, injected through newly available printing technology into a public ready for such change, triggered the worldwide establishment of Protestant churches (24). An example in the field of climate policy is the introduction of tariffs, subsidies, and mandates to incentivize the growth of renewable energy production. This has led to a substantial system response in the form of mutually reinforcing market growth and exponential technology cost improvement (25, 26).In this paper, we examine a number of potential “social tipping elements” (STEs) for decarbonization (27, 28) that represent specific subdomains of the planetary social-economic system. Tipping of these subsystems could be triggered by “social tipping interventions” (STIs) that could contribute to rapid transition of the world system into a state of net zero anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.

      Accronyms:

      STP - social tipping point STE - social tipping element STI - social tipping intervention

  3. Jun 2021
  4. Feb 2021
  5. Dec 2020
    1. The Globe and Mail reports that Element AI sold for less than $500 million USD. This would place the purchase price well below the estimated valuation that the Montréal startup was said to have after its $200 million CAD Series B round in September 2019.

      This was a downround for them in a sense that eventhough they sold for USD$500M their post-money round in Sep 2019 was CAD$200M meaning that they did not improve on their valuation after one year. Why?

    2. Despite being seen as a leader and a rising star in the Canadian AI sector, Element AI faced difficulties getting products to market.

      They had faced productisastion problems, just like many other AI startups.It looks like they have GTM problems too,

    3. Element AI had more than 500 employees, including 100 PhDs.

      500 employees is indeed large. A 100-person team of PhDs is very large as well, They could probably tackle many difficult AI Problems!

    4. n 2017, the startup raised what was then a historic $137.5 million Series A funding round from a group of notable investors including Intel, Microsoft, National Bank of Canada, Development Bank of Canada (BDC), NVIDIA, and Real Ventures.

      This was indeed a historic amonunt raised! Probably because of Yoshua Bengio one of the god fathers of AI!

  6. Sep 2020
    1. We don't want to rely on there being a single root element - or prevent ourselves from ever implementing named slots without a single root node - and so there's not anything to apply the class to or the transition to.
  7. Aug 2020
  8. Jan 2020
    1. Europium is prepared by heating its oxide with lanthanum metal: Europium metal is quite expensive to make and sells for about $3,000 to $4,500 a kilogram ($1,350 to $2,000 a pound).

      Refining

  9. Nov 2019
  10. May 2019
    1. the government reported the discovery of large gold deposits in Lege Dimbi, also in Sidamo.

      This shows that there was gold in Ethiopia!

    1. The metal is a solid material and metallic gray in color. Furthermore, the metal possess high melting and boiling points. At standard temperature and pressure, cobalt is not readily oxidized, which means it does not easily lose electrons from its surface.

      A description of cobalt.

    2. cobalt can be found among the d-block elements, transition metals. It has the chemical abbreviation Co and atomic number 27.

      Where to find cobalt on periodic table and cobalt's atomic number.

    1. his is the second round of mineral licensing conducted by the Afghan government, which in 2008 gave Metallurgical Corp of China rights to the Aynak copper deposit

      They seem to offer up mining contracts very easily.

  11. Sep 2016
    1. As a method, write

      intro element

    2. part, Welch

      Intro Element

    3. example, in

      Intro Element

    4. In fact, it

      Intro, IC

    5. Instead, I

      This is an intro, IC

    6. To better understand how judgment plays a role in the work of inquiry, consider how Quintilian discusses the various kinds of questions (indef-inite and definite) that rhetoricians take up (Institutes 3-5).

      Intro element, IC.

    7. "In chapter 1,..."

      Intro. element, I.C.

    8. However,

      Into element and transition

    9. In my case

      Into element and transition

    10. s,

      Introductory phrase. IC

    11. ,

      Introductory phrase, IC

    12. In this case,

      Intro element

    13. Of course, none of us wanted

      Intro element, IC.