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Associated traditional knowledge, big data and the innovation train

Originally published on LinkedIn in October 2017 (but still important) Without scientists, the only thing you can get out of a forest are the trees. At the next the Biodiversity COP in 2018 in Egypt, Brazil should take a position on a topic that has sparked controversy in 2016: How to ensure benefit sharing from access […]

A spreadsheet can be impressive but, with a closer look, meaningless

Why people love spreadsheets?

A colleague once told me "Paper is the greatest invention of humankind, because it accepts anything you put on it" I believe digital spreadsheets, then, are an even greater invention, because they not only accept anything you put on them, but they also allow you to easily adjust huge amounts of data to conclude whatever [...]