Interviews
What gets measured and what doesn't get measured
TOPIC: What gets measured and what doesn’t get measured
BACKGROUND: An expert roundtable explores measurement
LISTEN: On the web,
Ideas
Theories and concepts, playing around
Bentoism
When the Bento met the Doughnut
Over the last 18 months, the Bento Society has hosted a series of experiments exploring values and self-interest. In April
Bentoism
Introducing the Library of Economic Possibility and the Future Us Grant
The Bento Society is a community brought together by a belief that life is bigger than Now Me. We use
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
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
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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
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Economics
The world after capital with Albert Wenger
Interviewee: Albert Wenger
Background: Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures
Topic: Fighting the climate crisis
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Ideas
Defining a new us with Heather McGhee
Interviewee: Heather McGhee
Background: Author and economic and social policy expert
Topic: Defining a new us
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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
Listen:
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
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Data is Fire 🔥🔥🔥
If you’ve ever slept outdoors or even just watched a survival reality show, you know the importance of fire.
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Rethinking self-interest
In the late 1990s, people around the world began to live in a state of rising fear of two missing
Economics
Don't be scared, you're not the only one
Sup y’all. It’s been a minute. How’s your apocalypse going? Yeah, mine too.
Sending love to everyone
Bentoism
Theories of time
I recently read a book I’d been curious about called The Fourth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe.
The internet
Social exchanges
Last week a group of academics in the Netherlands announced plans for a radical but pragmatic shift in the country’
Bentoism
The values stack
Gas is cheap but nobody’s filling up.
Houses are full but streets are empty.
Businesses are dying while others