This one is about early-career prodigies versus late bloomers. Let’s review the bidding … Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook at age 19, Taylor Swift released her first album at 16, Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Prize at 17, and Time Magazine now releases an annual list… Read More »Being a Late Bloomer May Be Better for You with Rich Karlgaard
First is a mea culpa. I was not a huge fan of Apple CEO and Steve Jobs’ successor Tim Cook. He seems like a nice man, highly capable, et cetera – but he was a Chief Operating Office. Someone who counts beans, watches supply chains… Read More »Taking Apple to the Next Level: Tim Cook with Leander Khaney
Author’s note: This is the final segment of Techonomics. It’s been three years of discovery and I’m so grateful for it. One of the silver threads of coverage for us has been gender diversity in tech companies. There is a ton of work left to… Read More »Reviving the ‘Renaissance’ Person in Age of Specialization with David Epstein
Retirement planning – the two most boring words since Featuring Sting. OK, that’s a John Oliver joke, but I honestly couldn’t think of two more boring words. Anyway, retirement planning is not America’s forte, as it turns out. According to a recent report from the… Read More »All Pre-Prepped for Retirement? Me Neither… with Jean Chatzky
One interview we aired about 18 months ago was with a professor and provocateur, Cathy O’Neill. She had just published her book Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy. Weapons of Math Destruction went on to win or be shortlisted… Read More »Persistent Problem: Misuse of Already Bad Data (Weaponized?) with Cathy O’Neil
Urban planning fascinates me, the ebb and flow of people, converted spaces and new construction, the range of commutes from nuisance to hellish and the technology needed for this dynamic growth. It ticks all the boxes. So the new book ‘The Heart of the City:… Read More »Building Dynamic, Diverse Downtowns for 21st Century with Alex Garvin
Alexander Pope dropped An Essay on Criticism back in 1711, and in that essay a quote for the ages: To err is human, to forgive divine. All people commit sins and make mistakes. And, I’d argue, that refers to self-sabotage, choices humans make over and… Read More »Undoing the Cycle of Self-Sabotage, or, ‘Stop Doing that S***!’ with Gary John Bishop
author’s note: This is the final segment of Techonomics. It’s been three years of discovery and I’m so grateful for it. One of the silver threads of coverage for us has been gender diversity in tech companies. There is a ton of work left to… Read More »Last Tango In Cyberspace with Steven Kotler Part 1
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Software may well in fact eat the world, but somebody has to write it first. All that software code comes from fallible, flawed humans. We’ve talked about biases in coding and algorithms several times on this show. We use software nearly every instant we’re awake,… Read More »Software Coders Define Our World … Is That OK? with Clive Thompson Part 1
