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Tag Archives: Intellectual Ventures
Nathan Myhrvold on geo-engineering to combat global warming
Great interview on CNN — video. He also talks about “investing in inventions”.
Posted in Inventions & Innovations, Science
Tagged America, capital, China, climate change, climate science, Eart, Engineering, engineers, Freakonomics, geo-engineering, geoengineering, global warming, India, innovations, Intellectual Ventures, inventions, investing in innnovations, investing in inventions, Microsoft, Nathan Myhrvold, patent, patent troll, patent trolls, patents, Planet Earth, Science, Super Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics, United States Of America, venture capital, venture capitalist, venture capitalists
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Intellectual Ventures wanna solve global warming via “stratoshield”.
“Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) assailed the authors of SuperFreakonomics for participating in the effort to deceive the American public on the science of global warming, in particular for their “absolute deception” in their portrayal of the views of climate scientist … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science
Tagged climate change, climate science, Earth, Earth science, Economics, environmentalists, geo-engineering, geoengineering, global warming, Intellectual Ventures, ocean acidification, Planet Earth, Science, social engineering, Steve Levitt, stratoshield, Super Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics
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Environmentalists are more interested in social engineering than geo-engineering.
Very good comment on the Freakonomics blog. I am reading all the comments, right now. Many are well thought and interesting. Do read. ADDENDUM: Why is Intellectual Ventures researching geoengineering technologies? UPDATE: Climate Progress + AP UPDATE: Harvard Business Review
Posted in Economics, Politics, Science, The Global Economy
Tagged climate change, climate science, Earth science, Economics, environmentalists, Freakonomics, geo-engineering, geoengineering, global warming, Intellectual Ventures, Planet Earth, Science, social engineering, Stephen Dubner, Steven Levitt, Super Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics
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Icons. Geniuses. Mavericks. – TED 2007
TED 2007 Program – (Via Kottke) – If you see any speaker who has something to do with the wisdom of crowds or prediction markets, please, tip me —I haven’t spotted any. Nathan Myhrvold (former MicroSoft CTO –he created MicroSoft … Continue reading
Posted in Events & Meetings
Tagged CTO, Intellectual Ventures, Microsoft, Nathan Myhrvold, speaker
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