Items of Interest

Marianna Mazzucato on State Investment

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Wired published a great profile piece on Marianna Mazzucato, the economist who advises governments on how to encourage innovation through state investment. By tracking back current technologies to their state investment beginnings, her argument proves that innovation comes from ambitious moonshot projects backed by state investment rather than private companies, which may just help us solve the many challenges to come.
Innovation

Eavesdropping By Watching A Lightbulb

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Researchers at Ben Gurion University have demonstrated that sound in a room can be reproduced by watching a lightbulb in that room, from up to 82ft away. The technology, named Lamphone, detects vibrations on the light bulb caused by the sound in the room and process these vibrations to recreate the sound. The resultant audio is good enough for Shazam to recognise a song that was played in the room.
Innovation
Tech

Productivity & Goal Setting with Marc Andreesson

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The Observer Effect published an interesting interview with Marc Andreesson, partner at Andreesson Horowitz. The interview covers a lot of ground and includes some great insights into how Marc manages his productivity and goal setting on a weekly, monthly and annual basis. A standout thought for me from the interview is that it is better to "tune against a single goal as compared to trying to rethink the goals".
Business
Life
Motivation

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