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muizz
ayokan.me
There has never been a better time in the whole history of the world to invent something. There has never been a better time with more opportunities, more openings, lower barriers, higher benefit/risk ratios, better returns, greater upside, than now. Right now, this minute. This is the time that folks in the future will look back at and say, “Oh to... See more
You Are Not Late
feels even more true today
working in the gulf of mexico, the preferred mode of transport to the deepwater rigs was helicopter. they were loud and required a lot of safety awareness from the passengers. you have to take and renew egress training every 5 years.
the alternative was riding a boat. if you got put on a boat because the weather was too rough for the helicopters,
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The Economist has a great article on why many of Europe’s top companies are Nordic.
The region has 0.3% of world’s population (~27m) but contributes 1% of GDP.
Top names include:
▫️LEGO (Denmark): World’s top toy maker by revenue.
▫️IKEA (Sweden):... See more
This talk explores technological innovation and and the first periods in history when they were possible to discover.
Language persists information within communities. Writing persists information across generations.
Spoken language distinguished our common anatomical (200 Kya) from our behaviorally (52 Kya) human ancestors.
Writing requires only basic tool use — etching on a solid medium.
First evidence of writing is from 5.2 Kya.
Imagine all of the information that was lost to time, as well as innovations that were delayed.
I built and sold a business that allowed me to retire at age 44. It was called Data Storage, Inc., information, knowledge, and records management is my jam.
10 Years ago I gave a speech about the half life of knowledge to a bunch of MBA aspirants at a university business school. This is the Twitter synopsis.... See more
Scott Hambrickx.comTechnology changed how we think and what we think about. But also what we remember and for how long. And perhaps, in the future, if we remember…
