Technology (9): The Dream Machine
In short This book – about the origins of the internet – comes highly recommended by lots of people, and is really excellent. Longer I… Read More »Technology (9): The Dream Machine
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Technology (6): How did we sink Solow? – true ubiquity, clotheslines and switching costs
You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics. Nobel Prize in Economics winner Robert Solow, in 1987 (quoted everywhere but it’s… Read More »Technology (6): How did we sink Solow? – true ubiquity, clotheslines and switching costs
Technology (5): Paul A. David’s Computer and Dynamo – on the evolution of techno-economic regimes
You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics. Nobel Prize in Economics winner Robert Solow, in 1987 (quoted everywhere but it’s… Read More »Technology (5): Paul A. David’s Computer and Dynamo – on the evolution of techno-economic regimes
Technology (4): General Purpose Technologies
No one can escape the transforming fire of machines. Kevin Kelly – New Rules for the New Economy Not all technologies are created equal. Most… Read More »Technology (4): General Purpose Technologies
Technology (3): A history of augmentation
A history of augmentation Wikipedia has a nice, roughly chronological list of early technologies. It seems that weapons, cooking and languages were the trio that… Read More »Technology (3): A history of augmentation
More from David Epstein on kind and wicked learning environments
Note: These highlights aren’t my own – they’re highlights from Sawyer Hollenshead’s highlights page for David Epstein’s Range. (I guess that just such highlights-of-the-highlights are… Read More »More from David Epstein on kind and wicked learning environments
Slava Akhmechet on reading in clusters
This is a great take on the benefits of reading clusters of books on a common theme. I like the way it takes the idea… Read More »Slava Akhmechet on reading in clusters
For those who came in late…
Almost everyone will come in late. It might be best to begin on time, and to close the doors when you do.** It might be… Read More »For those who came in late…
Steve Levitt on the user experience of reading David Epstein and Malcolm Gladwell
Steve Levitt: Something odd happens to me when I read Gladwell’s books and when I read [David Epstein’s] Range. The stories are so fascinating and… Read More »Steve Levitt on the user experience of reading David Epstein and Malcolm Gladwell
Your job as the project entrepreneur…
… is to bring people to the project: to work on it, to fund it, and in one way or another to “buy” it. This… Read More »Your job as the project entrepreneur…