Archive for October, 2007
Intellectual Property in 2012
Tim Wu talks with Jeffrey Toobin about the tension between control and exposure in intellectual-property law today. Wu believes the copyright tension in the next few years will be between control (making money off content) and exposure. He explains why in February, 2009, your television screen might go blank if you do not have cable [...]
15 Ways to Avert a Climate Crisis
With the same humor and humanity he exuded in his famous documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore spells out 15 ways we can address climate change, from buying a hybrid car to inventing a hotter brand name for global warming. First, though, comes a hilarious set of stories from “The New Gore”, who turns out [...]
Geniuses, Collaboration & Stubbornness
Malcolm Gladwell talks about the importance of stubbornness and collaboration in problem-solving, and how long it takes to master any challenge. He observes, ‘Modern problems require persistence more than genius, and we ought to value quantity over quality when it comes to intelligence… When you’re dealing with something as complex and as difficult as Fermat’s [...]
Surrendipity & Innovation
Billions and billions of dollars have been spent in the pursuit of new drugs but vanishingly few useful drugs are actually being developed. Dr. Safi Bahcall, the president and C.E.O. of the biotechnology company Synta Pharmaceuticals, talks with Malcolm Gladwell about how mistakes lead to great scientific discoveries and how big drug companies hamper innovation. [...]
