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We discuss the intersection of economics and networks. Does the structure of networks matter? How do beliefs and behaviors spread? Can we use the knowledge of a network to more efficiently achieve our objectives? Ben Golub, assistant professor of economics at Harvard, joins us to discuss his research and thoughts on these issues. We touch […]
In his important recent essay “The Return of Nature”, Jesse Ausubel of Rockefeller University, highlights a wonderful phenomenon: we humans have been giving land back to nature, since we no longer need it for our purposes.
Digital automation, and its impact on labor, society and the economy, has been studied from multiple perspectives and through many lenses.
The clock on one of our office file cabinets (Redman’s) reads 10:32 a.m. on a Friday. There is every reason to believe it is correct. This clock synchronizes itself at 1 a.m. every day using a time signal sent out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, from Fort Collins, Colo. Redman is already two minutes late for a meeting that always starts promptly.
Even though a quinoa-based vegetarian bowl is not my idea of the ideal workday lunch, I’m excited to check out the restaurant Eatsa the next time I’m in San Francisco. Because there aren’t any people working there.
Amid all the discussions about ecosystems, networks and platforms at the MIT IDE July Platform Summit, Sangeet Choudary drilled down to offer specific tips on getting started and designing what he calls “interaction-first” business models.