Entries in Innovation Hub by Marc Sollinger
There’s a fine line between sharing and oversharing. And here at Innovation Hub, we’re all about sharing, including sharing some interviews that touch on oversharing. Read More...
Entrepreneur Brad Feld explains what he looks for in a company, and why he decided to build his life in Boulder, Colorado over the flashier tech hubs of San Francisco and New York. Read More...
Forget about the Six Million Dollar Man. We already have the technology to become better, stronger, and faster. Academic and businessman Juan Enriquez explains how we’re all going through unnatural selection. Read More...
Picture yourself touching Rodin’s The Thinker with haptic gloves - which would allow you to feel the sculpture without actually laying a finger on it. That world may soon be a reality. Entrepreneur Brendan Ciecko and curation expert Elizabeth Merritt give us a peek into the future of museums: virtual reality, individualized guides, and no more boring audio tours. Read More...
The Internet connects us, gives us access to approximately one billion cute cat videos, and lets us buy whatever we could want from Amazon. But entrepreneur Andrew Keen thinks the Internet isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and he shows us the deep loneliness and inequality resulting from our digital lives. Read More...
Professor Claude Steele says stereotypes are even more important than we realize, and he explains the psychology that underpins them. Read More...
1. Your Netflix addiction might be hurting the planet. Social scientist Toby Miller tells us the environmental consequences of our digital infatuations.
2. When they first saw the potato, European farmers thought it looked like a leprosy patient. Professor Ruth DeFries gives us a peek at the surprising ways food has shaped our civilization.
3. Imagine talking to your next-door neighbor about your deepest issues. Mental health expert Vikram Patel and UNESCO's Jordan Naidoo explain how training more ordinary people to be health and education workers could be a solution to the drastic shortage of teachers and doctors around the globe.
Printing everything out seems so wasteful, but is sending an email any better? Social scientist Toby Miller looks at the real environmental consequences of our digital lives. Read More...
The world doesn’t have nearly enough teachers or doctors to meet its growing demand. Mental health expert Vikram Patel and UNESCO's Jordan Naidoo tell us about ingenious new solutions to address these serious problems. Read More...
Hunger isn’t just driving you to get that double bacon cheeseburger at Five Guys - it’s also been a main force behind all of civilization. Columbia's Ruth DeFries talks about the unexpected ways our quest for food has shaped, and is still shaping, the world we live in. Read More...
