Joel Barker

What America has to do to claim the 21st century

In order for America to claim the 21st century, futurist, Joel Barker, tells Jim Blasingame, it should recognize its world-leading strengths and take them to the next level, instead of worrying about the competition.

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Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the many internal challenges China has which creates the potential for that country to be a bigger threat to itself than to its competitor/enemies.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on innovations that are about to become our reality, including small atomic reactors to create municipal electricity and medical innovations, including vaccine and stem cell progress.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on several futuristic innovations that are now, or soon will be, our reality, including graphene applications, 3D printing expansion, and electric vehicle growth.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new process that would make graphene from old tires and blend that into the production of concrete to make it much stronger.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on the significant investment Bill Gates is making in a new kind of nuclear power, specifically in the kind of sodium solution that would absorb the heat from the nuclear core.