Foundry’s WTF (03-Feb-2018)
The Foundry’s Weekly Technology Fix (WTF) is a curated list of articles/posts/etc. we found interesting. The Foundry @ Cornell Tech transforms research and ideas into products.
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Department of Digital Addictions — 🎮 💉
Digital goods not so easy to sell; the economics of privacy; and the Center for Humane Technology.
Department of Smarter Cities — 💡🏙
City + blockchain = ??; self-driving food delivery; and Sidewalk Labs's city of tomorrow.
Department of Shameless Plugs — 🤑 🔌
Brilliant design; DNA reader in your pocket; and Principles on Ethical Data Sharing.
Department of Silver Linings — 🌈🎆
Sarcasm detector; nutritious foods; and the value of clarity.
Department of “we” the people — 🙋👨🏽💼👷🏿👩🏼🔬
Department of 1-picture-worth-1,000-words — 📷💬
“So,” asked the sage, “did you see the Persian tapestries hanging in my dining room? Did you see the garden that the Master of Gardeners took ten years to create? Did you notice the beautiful parchments in my library?”
Embarrassed, the young man confessed that he had seen nothing. His only concern was not to spill the drops of oil that the wise man had entrusted to him.
Department of worthy quotes — 🎬 📖
« Whether it’s Washington, Wall Street, or Silicon Valley, no one really knows what’s important, but what Silicon Valley does really, really well is originated interesting experiments. » — Vinod Khosla.
« The first time a venture capitalist friend of mine saw one unreleased augmented reality platform in the lab, he said, “If LSD were a stock, I’d be shorting it.” That’s a unicorn. » — WTF?: What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us, Tim O'Reilly.
« The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think. » — Edwin Schlossberg.
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