Special Edition: 2021 Wrapped 🎁
This year's best episodes, book giveaway winner, and crowning the first Year 2049 champion!
Happy Friday!
Welcome to the last edition of the year (because we all deserve a break from our emails for the next 2 weeks) 🎉
First of all, I just wanted to thank you for being so supportive and engaged since I started this in September. I’m incredibly grateful to have smart and curious people like you who I can geek out with on the most interesting discoveries and inventions shaping our future. There’s SO much more to talk about next year and I couldn’t be more excited.
Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be spending some relaxing time with family and doing some planning for 2022. If you got 2 minutes to spare and would like to give me a Christmas gift, you can help me improve this newsletter by answering 5 quick questions:
Stay safe, enjoy your time with family and friends, and don’t check your email ❤️
I’ll see you in 2022.
– Fawzi
In this week’s edition:
⭐️ 2021’s Top 3 episodes
📚 Book giveaway winner
🏆 Will you be the first Year 2049 champion? Take the quiz and win a prize.
2021’s Top 3
We covered a lot of topics in our first 11 episodes that spanned across tech, science, climate change, and even food. But, 3 episodes stood out and were the most-read:
🥉 The Inventor
The DABUS AI system, aka the first non-human inventor to be granted a patent, takes the third place. This episode sparked an important debate: should AI be fully credited with inventions it creates on its own?
🥈 Carbon capture
Climate change has been a popular topic for Year 2049 and will continue to be in the years to come. Many of us are worried about climate change and we want to learn more about the solutions being implemented. Carbon capture is one of these solutions that are making headlines and wins the Silver medal for the year.
🥇 Bad news, good news
Our heartwarming and inspiring episode about CRISPR took the Gold medal.
Not only was it the most-read episode, but it was also my personal favourite. CRISPR’s potential is massive and goes beyond healthcare. Expect it to show up again in 2022 😉
Book giveaway winner 🎁
Congratulations to our reader Jean for winning our first book giveaway! Your free book is on the way.
It’s okay if you didn’t win it this time, I’m planning on doing these more frequently in the new year.
Will you be the first Year 2049 champion? 🏆
It’s time to test your knowledge and crown the inaugural Year 2049 champion!
I created 10 questions that cover all our episodes from 2021. If you get the highest score + fastest completion time, you shall be crowned the Year 2049 champ.
The championship quiz
The champion will win the first ever Year 2049 t-shirt (besides mine 😉) and get to brag about this at their Christmas dinner next week.
For fairness, I ask you to please only complete this quiz once. There will be more contests and prizes to come in the new year!
The leaderboard
The deadline to complete the quiz is December 23, 2021 at 11:59 PM. The leaderboard will be updated at the end of each day.
The prize
As always, my inbox is open for questions, feedback, or if you just want to introduce yourself! Email me at fawzi@year2049.com.
Stay safe and happy holidays ❤️