solve for x
solve for x:
moonshot thinking:
Moonshots live in the gray area between audacious technology and pure science fiction. Instead of a mere 10% gain, a moonshot aims for a 10x improvement over what currently exists. The combination of a huge problem, a radical solution to that problem, and the breakthrough technology that just might make that solution possible, is the essence of a moonshot.
we don’t know how to do this yet – and we’re going to do it anyway…
Megan Smith as co host
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tuesday, february 7, 2012
solve for x – mary lou jepsen
Ron Garan (@Astro_Ron)
It was awesome meeting all the gamechangers at Solve for X last week. Cool technology that can change the world! wesolveforx.com
Solve for X: Adrien Treuille on collaborative science
protein folding – by an 11 yr old boy in upstate ny foldit.com
Solve for X: Mary Lou Jepsen on imaging the mind’s eye
how do we get these images in our minds out of our minds.. in order to communicate better..
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a people experiment — as moonshot thinking
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@medialab
Tales from the moonshot factory: #MLTalks with Joe Jacobson and @TheteamatXs Rich DeVaul starts now! Watch here: mitsha.re/fsfL309wVHh
‘choosing to be bothered by the things thought impossible’
‘always striving to bring in new perspectives/diversity’ – Rich DeVaul
‘to get 10x better.. have to throw some things out’ – Rich DeVaul #mltalks
gupta roadblock/irrelevant s law
‘figuring out why this isn’t going to work’ – Rich DeVaul #mltalks
‘by showing others this is a possible thing to do we encourage others to work in the space’ – Rich DeVaul #mltalks
‘need to be secret so we have the freedom to kill (let go of) things’ – Rich DeVaul #mltalks
‘i’d love to see a future of all these (fb, loon, x, et al).. collab ing on really big problems’ – Rich DeVaul #mltalks
io dance ness
‘the engine engine.xyz goal to attack these really big problems’ – Joe Jacobson – #mltalks
‘hey.. i’m this crazy guy and i think we can do this thing’ – Rich DeVaul #mltalks
a nother idea here Rich
‘the more we got to go out on our own (x under alphabet) the more we could collab with others’ – Rich DeVaul #mltalks
ni\ zoom dance ness
‘we do crowdsource ideas. part of why i’m here. if you have a great idea i’d like to hear about it’ Rich DeVaul #mltalks
listen deeper
hlb [hosting-life-bits]
‘to have meaningful innovation..have to have a critical mass’ – Rich DeVaul #mltalks
perhaps time to moonshot for 7 bn [aka: not part\ial.. for (blank)’s sake…]
hlb [hosting-life-bits]
‘to solve hardest problems need: more people so connectivity (huge); falling in love w problem’- Rich DeVaul #mltalks
hlb [hosting-life-bits] & deep enough
‘if one shot on goal.. be thoughtful upfront.. ie: library vs lab et al’ – Rich DeVaul #mltalks
quiet enough to see
‘about organizing for discovery rather than for engineering’ – Joe Jacobson #mltalks
hlb [hosting-life-bits]
as the day [aka: not part\ial.. for (blank)’s sake…]
‘x not taking on new innovats of ie decision making..that’s tapping into info already there’-Rich DeVaul #mltalks
or not
diff data as key [self-talk as data]
‘tools that enable all of us to do’ – Rich DeVaul #mltalks
via gershenfeld sel
be you. 