Entrepreneurship

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Replit CEO Amjad Masad on bringing the next 1 billion software creators online

Freethink spoke with Masad about the future of software development, the outsized power of Silicon Valley, and the absurdity of the AI extinction theory.

Stephen Johnson

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Psychology

How to find success with the 4 conditions of “intelligent failure”

Intelligent failure occurs in a low-risk environment and leads to growth or new knowledge. To fail intelligently, follow five strategies.

Kevin Dickinson

Construction

Cleaning up one of the world’s most commonly used substances

C-Crete has created a more sustainable cement binding material that could significantly reduce the industry’s CO2 emissions.

Zach Winn | MIT News Office

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Series| Hard Reset

How can a water bottle cost negative 10 cents?

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27 million likes on TikTok. A $0.00 product. How does the "FreeWater" company work?

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Entrepreneurs

Innovation chief says “pressure test” your pet hypothesis. It’s guaranteed to be wrong.

His grandfather, a member of Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb team, foresaw the potential of nuclear energy to power cities – not destroy them. Today, Astro Teller is on a mission to harness innovation for good. Here’s how he’s doing it.

Ian Scheffler

A group of people demonstrating their meta skills in a studio while hugging.

Leadership

What are “meta-skills” and how can they supercharge your life?

There are many meta-skills out there, but feeling, seeing, dreaming, making, and learning are likely the most important in the modern world.

Matt Davis

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Business

If you have a complex project, follow “Gall’s law” — or it will fail

Success can be based on the fundamental observation that working complex systems arise from working simple systems.

Jennifer Pahlka

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Inventions

Military vet’s lightweight mask is protecting soldiers from toxic fumes

A Canadian military veteran's innovative mask is protecting soldiers, police, and first responders from toxic exposure.

B. David Zarley

Entrepreneurs

Nurses are breaking the mold to set out on their own

Tech platform Hydreight wants to help nurses go into business for themselves by being a turnkey solution.

B. David Zarley

Inventions

This company turns food waste and mushrooms into building materials

UK-based company Biohm uses natural vegetative material like food waste and mushrooms to ‘grow’ insulation panels.

Victoria Masterson

Business

From CDs to NFTs: Starbucks’ surprising history of embracing new tech

Starbucks’ newly-announced blockchain platform is just the latest example of the chain’s early embracement of tech.

B. David Zarley

Sustainability

This start-up is recycling abandoned wooden homes in Baltimore

The Baltimore Wood Project salvages wood from buildings to repurpose and resell locally to create a circular economy.

Natalie Marchant

Psychology

Procrastinating is linked to health and career problems – but here’s how you can stop

In the long run, procrastination isn’t an effective way of managing emotions and causes health and work setbacks.

Fuschia Sirois

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