Entrepreneurship
What gets measured with scientist Jeff Hammerbacher
“It makes me uneasy when I think about how much corporations are measuring about human interactions today and not making
Latest writing
Ideas
Playing infinite games with artist Hank Willis Thomas
Interviewee: Hank Willis Thomas
Background: Conceptual artist shown at the Guggenheim, MoMA, Whitney
Topic: Playing infinite games
Listen: On the
The internet
The blessing and the thirst
A year into the pandemic, how we relate to the internet is different. Not just how internet companies made themselves
Economics
How to create value with professor Mariana Mazzucato
Interviewee: Mariana Mazzucato
Background: Professor of Economics and Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, Author
Economics
The century of natural data with Doughnut Economics author Kate Raworth
Interviewee: Kate Raworth
Background: Author of Doughnut Economics, Oxford economist
Subject: The century of natural data
Listen: On the web,
Economics
Author David Wallace Wells on the new economics of climate
Interviewee: David Wallace Wells
Background: Author of The Uninhabitable Earth, Editor at New York Magazine
Topic: The new economics of
Economics
The world after capital with Albert Wenger
Interviewee: Albert Wenger
Background: Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures
Topic: Fighting the climate crisis
Listen: On the web, on
Ideas
Defining a new us with Heather McGhee
Interviewee: Heather McGhee
Background: Author and economic and social policy expert
Topic: Defining a new us
Listen: On the web,
Interviews
Moving to a world beyond consumption with BBC research scientist Lianne Kerlin
Interviewee: Lianne Kerlin
Background: Senior Research Scientist at the BBC
Topic: Moving to a world beyond consumption
“We’re working
Interviews
Roundtable: What to measure and what not to measure
Roundtable: What to measure and what not to measure
Background: An all-star panel explores measurement
Listen: On the web, Apple,
Ideas
Using tech to manipulate ourselves with journalist Esther Dyson
Interviewee: Esther Dyson
Background: Journalist, tech analyst and investor, executive founder of Wellville
Topic: Using tech to manipulate ourselves
“What
Ideas
Creating the positive conditions of freedom with legal scholar Salome Viljoen
Interviewee: Salome Viljoen
Background: Post-doctoral fellow at Cornell Tech and NYU Law
Topic: Creating the positive conditions of freedom
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Ideas
Trying to be less wrong with author John Higgs
Subject: John Higgs
Background: Author of nine books including The KLF, Stranger Than We Can Imagine, and The Future Starts
Bentoism
The yearly Bento and Bento groups
How ready are you for the coming year? How clear are you on what happened to you this past year?
Interviews
Haa Shagoon with Morgan X’agatkeen Howard
Earlier this year during a Weekly Bento discussion on long-term thinking, a member of the audience raised their hand. Morgan
Entrepreneurship
Community building with Tina Roth Eisenberg
More of my energy has gone into community building this year than any other time in my life. Being locked
Music
Introducing Cozy Cozy
There’s a special feeling that comes from taking joy in doing something you’re not especially good at. It’
Ideas
Data is Fire 🔥🔥🔥
If you’ve ever slept outdoors or even just watched a survival reality show, you know the importance of fire.