Is inequality increasing? #techonomynyc

Here’s a great point from Arun Sundararajan of NYU: Economic measures seem to be missing productivity gains from tech, since they measure only dollars but not quality of experience (iPhone vs Blackberry). Here is the interesting point: Increasing income inequality

Is inequality increasing? #techonomynyc

Here’s a great point from Arun Sundararajan of NYU: Economic measures seem to be missing productivity gains from tech, since they measure only dollars but not quality of experience (iPhone vs Blackberry). Here is the interesting point: Increasing income inequality

The Amazing 36 Hours @Knotel recently

These artists and curators took over Knotel Houston recently. ​(that’s a giant shoelace) The documentary film at 36hoursdisplay.persona.co/

The Amazing 36 Hours @Knotel recently

These artists and curators took over Knotel Houston recently. ​(that’s a giant shoelace) The documentary film at 36hoursdisplay.persona.co/

American manufacturing: D’Addario and Steinway and Zildjian

Tonight I learned that – the best pianos are still made in Queens – the market share leader in music strings is still in Long Island, founded in Astoria – the best cymbals are made in the Northeast in Boston

American manufacturing: D’Addario and Steinway and Zildjian

Tonight I learned that – the best pianos are still made in Queens – the market share leader in music strings is still in Long Island, founded in Astoria – the best cymbals are made in the Northeast in Boston

Learnings about Cities from Sadik-Kahn

The new book by the legendary transportation leader Streetfight has some big ahas: 25% of NYC land is roads The average road is 2x too wide. Car lanes are specified as 12′ though most cars are 6′ wide. Parking lanes

Learnings about Cities from Sadik-Kahn

The new book by the legendary transportation leader Streetfight has some big ahas: 25% of NYC land is roads The average road is 2x too wide. Car lanes are specified as 12′ though most cars are 6′ wide. Parking lanes

On Fact vs. Everything Else.

So you like to be data-driven, scientific, and only say true things? No room for myth, magic, dreams, the uncanny, mysticism, fortune or fantasy? “Wherever the poetry of myth is interpreted as biography, history or science, it is killed. The

On Fact vs. Everything Else.

So you like to be data-driven, scientific, and only say true things? No room for myth, magic, dreams, the uncanny, mysticism, fortune or fantasy? “Wherever the poetry of myth is interpreted as biography, history or science, it is killed. The

So you need to choose a business idea to build your startup around

The how-to on this question, the question asked by capable and talented people who want to start a startup but are too rational to think “I should just do what I’m most passionate about”, is as follows: Fabrice Grinda’s on

So you need to choose a business idea to build your startup around

The how-to on this question, the question asked by capable and talented people who want to start a startup but are too rational to think “I should just do what I’m most passionate about”, is as follows: Fabrice Grinda’s on

How to Plot Your Takeover

Shorter Luttwak. Coup d’Etat, a practical guide. www.nybooks.com/articles/1969/08/21/how-to-plot-your-takeover/

How to Plot Your Takeover

Shorter Luttwak. Coup d’Etat, a practical guide. www.nybooks.com/articles/1969/08/21/how-to-plot-your-takeover/

Teaching/Learning as a process of “Having Wonderful Ideas”

The Piagetian school’s Eleanor Duckworth in what teaching is — not conveying fact or process but rather training on how to think (eg, have wonderful ideas). // Amol Sarva, Ph.D. // @amol // 530-727-8277 // Blog // Knotable

Teaching/Learning as a process of “Having Wonderful Ideas”

The Piagetian school’s Eleanor Duckworth in what teaching is — not conveying fact or process but rather training on how to think (eg, have wonderful ideas). // Amol Sarva, Ph.D. // @amol // 530-727-8277 // Blog // Knotable

Adam from Angel List talks Angels and Lists.

Adam Carver from Angel List gave a talk at Knotel recently: Angel List placed 10,000 startup job candidates last year. The Angel-side of Angel List is about signal. They have been tinkering with the model and the way it works

Adam from Angel List talks Angels and Lists.

Adam Carver from Angel List gave a talk at Knotel recently: Angel List placed 10,000 startup job candidates last year. The Angel-side of Angel List is about signal. They have been tinkering with the model and the way it works