I first read about Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) in Matt Ridley’s book the Rational Optimist. I was impressed. The correlation between per capta income and quality of the environment was a definitive argument of the environmental footprint of poverty that I, being born in Rio, have always known of. Poor land use, lousy water and energy […]
The ‘Red Queen’ in ‘Alice through the mirror’ inspired a generation of scientists with the idea that you must run to be able to stay where you are. It was the perfect metaphor for evolution of species. The concept was popularized in Matt Ridley’s science communication book ‘The Red Queen’. Species innovate through random mutations. […]
If you’ve ever been to Rio de Janeiro, you’ve most certainly seen the writings of ‘Gentileza’. A prophet for some, a crazy old guy for others, he walked around the city grafting his messages of peace, love and kindness in street walls and viaduct pillars. His moto was: “kindness leads to kindness”. Crazy or not, he […]
I recently read and interesting article about the impact that successful exits can create for innovation ecosystem of an entire region. In that case, the Middle East. Breaking the Mold: Can the MENA Region Be a Leader in Inclusive Capital? Fouders and employees of a sucessfully exited company become new founders and investors, starting a […]
This NYT article about Colossal amazes me for 3 reasons: The audacity of George Church’s initiatives His ability to convince other people to invest high amounts of money in his bold initiatives The risk tolerance of the venture capital ecosystem in the US Initiatives like Colossal, Nebula Genomics and Warp BioDrive (just to mention two of his other companies that I follow/ed […]
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