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b"This is the first of three parts as we explore possibilities that are just around the corner. Or, as we like tsay, one room over. This is a follow-up to an earlier show on possibility.\\n\\nThe Future and Unlimited Possibility\\n\\nThe adjacent possible is a kind of shadow future, hovering on the edges of the present state of things, a map of all the ways in which the present can reinvent itself.\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0Potentially Adjacent Possibilities\\n\\nCure for Aging\\n\\nControversial claim: \\u201cElizabeth Parrish, CEO of Bioviva USA Inc., has become the first human being to be successfully rejuvenated by gene therapy, after her own company's experimental therapies reversed 20 years of normal telomere shortening.\\u201d\\n\\nCure for Obesity\\n\\nFusion Power\\n\\nMaybe finally adjacent?\\n\\nMIT Researchers Say Nuclear Fusion Will Feed the Grid \\u201cin 15 Years\\u201d\\n\\nSelf-Driving Cars\\n\\nThe technology is not adjacent; it\\u2019s already here and rapidly improving. What\\u2019s adjacent is a world where autonomous vehicles are in widespread use / on course to replace most or all human-driven vehicles.\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nCompare to:\\n\\nElectric cars. Also adjacent.\\n\\nFlying cars. Deep.\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nOther Possibilities:\\n\\nRobot Lawyers\\n\\nRobot doctors\\n\\nPost-employment\\n\\nConversational User Interface\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nNext time: The Deep Possible\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nWT 415-728\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nEternity Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License | creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0"