#Innovation

Fiona Conlon

FionaConlon4

Someone just shared this w me. It seems to be going viral globally because we are all desperate for hopeful predictions but it's based on completely unsound epidemiology and is

Ernesto Priego

ernestopriego

It's super weird and only slightly irritating that a pandemic was needed for there to be wider adoption of public online means of participation and dissemination in scholarship. Let's hope

Jim OShaughnessy

jposhaughnessy

1/ I believe that the highest probability bet you can make in your investment strategy is that human nature will remain a constant for the foreseeable future. For my book

Laurens Klerkx

lauklerkx

#FoodSystems transformation is getting quite some attention lately in view of the 2021 UN @FoodSystems Summit. But what does this imply for research and innovation systems? What roles for innovation/transition

Ana Lorena Fabrega

anafabrega11

First principles = think like a scientist Scientists don’t "assume" anything.They *question* their assumptions until they get to the fundamental truths —the first principles—and build up from there.Scientists deconstruct, th

Cally Russell

CallyRussell

A leading drinks company has asked me to talk a little bit about innovation in lockdown and have kindly offered to make a donation to a couple of charities for

Matt Clancy

mattsclancy

US GDP per capita growth averaged 2.25%/yr in the back half of the 20th century, but only 1% so far in the the 21st century. Is this evidence of recent

emptywheel

emptywheel

This CDC/FEMA plan that WaPo published has all the markings of McKinsey bullshit--deadlines that have already passed, emphasis on spin, great faith in "innovation"--except the bullets aren't formatted properly. McKinsey

Ryan McNeil

RS_McNeil

Thread:How can we address the severe harms caused by an increasingly toxic drug supply?Our new article examines what happens when you distribute safer, pharmaceutical opioids (#safesupply) to people at-risk of

Richard Marr

richmarr

Skeptical that diverse teams perform better? Need to convince someone you know?Here's a handy threadful of evidence (that you didn't ask for but hopefully find somewhat useful)1/ In 2001, Nisbett

Duncan Weldon

DuncanWeldon

Parker’s Military Revolution is a great read. Short and punchy (and with excellent pictures!) on European military innovation circa 1500-1800.Reading it for the first time in almost 20 years has

Jason Notte

Notteham

During the last recession, there were 1,600 breweries in the U.S. and craft beer was an affordable luxury. When the coronavirus hit, there were nearly 9,000 breweries and a $35

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jeegaram1996

A lot of people don't realize that Black English (BE) actually shares a lot of similar grammatical structures to "prestigious" languages. So, here's my 87590th thread on AAVE (African American Vernacular

Adam Minter

AdamMinter

Plastics Recycling Isn’t a Lie, It’s the Future - my response to the @frontlinepbs @NPR doc ‘Plastic Wars.’ https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-09-19/don-t-give-up-on-recycling-plastic @bopinion One thing I’d like to add

Gaurav Sharma

Gaurav1105

1: The global banking industry is showing signs of renewed health:i. Deep capital reserves-Tier-1 capital is at decade-high ~12.6%.ii. High liquidity: Loan-to-deposit ratio fell to~90%, as comp. to 120% in

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

No one epitomizes the hollowness of the pose of the "hard-nosed businessman" than @ScottWalker, the union-busting thug who, as governor of Wisconsin, signed up to give away $3b to the