Science Fiction author Neal Stephenson has published an article on “Innovation Starvation” at the World Policy Institute (WPI). Well worth the read, it’s about vision, taking risks, the negative aspects of having instant access to information (it can kill innovation), and “getting big stuff done”.
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- Voting with your wallet for the world you want
- There’s More to Happiness Than GDP & There’s a New Report to Prove It
- Employers ask job seekers for Facebook passwords
- Slow Advertising – pureland
- Bless the toolmakers – Snarkmarket
- Living Beyond Limits – Amy Purdy TEDx
- Libraries: Where It All Went Wrong – Nat Torkington
- Surgeon Uses 3D Printer To Make Models Of Bone – plus Open Source Software use
- The Myth of Shareholder Capitalism – Harvard Business Review
- Start-ups and Safety Nets
- Rolf Pfotenhauer: When the Age mentions "job seekers" I assume that they are not employees yet--is that right? If that is the case ...
- Jiri Baum: Might be OK if the correct answer is "no" and it's a trick question... otherwise I'm sure it falls dangerously ...
- Rolf Pfotenhauer: Steve you make an interesting point with the statement "...macro-economic impact would be in the West of losing so many ...
- arjen: Also see http://gigaom.com/2011/10/10/clay-christensen-on-steve-jobs-the-trouble-with-venture-capital/ (chat Om Malik of GigaOm had with prof. Clayton Christensen, author of “The Innovator’s Dilemma” and other ...
- Sean Campbell: Pirates of Silicon Valley. Steve Jobs was the art designer of the tech industry and that together with his well known ...
- arjen: Australia's ABC Catalyst science program recently visited initiator Adrian Bowyer in Bath (UK) to see and talk about RepRap: http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3323779.htm
- arjen: hi browser - yea they're obviously not identical. However... does it matter? The curves/edges from the Stratasys appear rougher, which is ...
- browser: they are not printed from the same stl
- Arjen Lentz: See also http://www.openscad.org/ (for the parametric design language with instant visualisation), and http://www.thingiverse.com/ for freely available object designs.
- arjen: Interesting observation, Jiří. Yes and no. An e-book reader has another specific task, and with its eInk screen it's ideally suited ...
- Jiří Baum: Portability, battery life, simplicity... you're looking at an e-book reader.
- Stuart McMillen: Personally I like the first one better!
- Robert Ellen: On my quick reading I don't see any reason a B Corporation couldn't be an Upstarta in terms of violating ...
- Steve Withers: I worked at AT&T in Asia / Pacific between 1999 and 2004. During those 5 years I saw the plans ...
- arjen: Some acquired wisdom from a CEO about this topic: http://www.fastcompany.com/1772484/want-to-keep-your-best-employees-its-not-about-the-money
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