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Paul Kozhipatt | Wednesday, February 28, 2018
“Necessity is the mother of invention.” We’ve all heard this quoted and for good reason. Often the best inventions are born out of adversity and need rather than being the fruits of massive research and development budgets. Problem-solving in dire situations encourages open-mindedness and productive out-of-the-box thinking. Meaningful innovation solves a problem; superficial innovation engineers
Nick Laureano | Thursday, October 29, 2015
Editor’s Note: This article is a continuation of Nick Laureano’s The Imitation Game: ‘Bridge of Spies’ and the Oscar problem, which ran in yesterday’s edition. Set the time circuits to February 2010 and hit 88 mph. “The King’s Speech” — a film that is decent in every possible sense of the word — beat “The Social Network” for
Christopher Damian | Thursday, October 2, 2014
“I don’t like to hire students who studied accounting. They tend to approach problems narrowly, as though they are clear-cut numerical issues with clear-cut, single-answer solutions. This just isn’t true.” I was a bit surprised to hear this from a partner at a nationally recognized law firm that focused on business law. As a former philosophy
Daniel Barabasi | Wednesday, September 17, 2014
In 2001, a balding man sporting a black turtleneck sweater entered a small, dim room and stepped onstage — ready to change the technology dynamic forever. Gazing out into his audience, he declared the new direction of his company: offering “1,000 songs in your pocket.” To emphasize his goal, he pulled a small white