As populations gray, we should use AI to prolong independence.
Moving away from Western influence, Africa is already getting a glimpse of a different future.
Otherwise, social unrest will continue to escalate, and we’ll face a bleak future.
"[Solar jobs] aren’t just punch-the-clock jobs — these are careers."
A relatively minor investment in retraining would allow the majority of coal workers to switch to solar-related positions.
David Biello is the science curator at TED Talks and the author of "The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth's Newest Age."
It would create jobs for would-be immigrants and a climate of civility between nations.
Professor at Columbia University and a Nobel Laureate in Economics
