Tag: innovation
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How To Start A Conversation With Someone From Any Field
“Wisdom begins in wonder.” – Socrates Too often, we get caught up in echo chambers. Whether it’s only surrounding yourself with those from the same cultural or professional background, or only reading news from one side of the political spectrum, constantly feeding your mind with ideas and belief exactly like yours can stifle growth and…
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AI in Healthcare: 8 Universal Lessons For Guaranteed Success
“AI is neither good nor evil. It’s a tool. It’s a technology for us to use.” — Oren Etzioni, AI researcher The AI revolution has crept into almost every industry, and healthcare is no different. In fact, the effects of using AI in the healthcare industry have had revolutionary impacts, leading to ground-breaking solutions that…
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AI in Healthcare: The Ultimate Cheatcode For Interdisciplinary Innovation
“We’re not building technology to replace care; we’re building it to make care better.” – Greg Corrado The AI revolution has, by now, reached into every crevice of life, including (but not limited to) healthcare. From education, research, law, and various artistic mediums, it has become the trusty unpaid intern of the world. However, it…
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The Simple Questions To Leverage The Power Of Art In Disaster Recovery
“The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.”-Pablo Picasso Even before disaster recovery, philosophers have contemplated beauty- in both nature and art- evaluating the purpose behind it. However, in the…
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5 Simple Lessons from Statistics to Drive Informed Decision-Making
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” Theodore Roosevelt Intro Decision-making based on data is one of the most universally demanded skills of our time. Every day, we face the…
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9 Lessons from Economics on Driving Social Innovation
By Sofia Perez “The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.” – John Maynard Keynes Intro There is an unspoken paradox in the world of social innovation: a simultaneous awareness that “money makes the world go round”, but that it is also…
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Unlock Eco-Friendly Innovations: 4 Powerful Lessons from Engine History
By Sofia Perez “It had never gotten old for him, flying. Never gone boring. Every engine start was a new adventure, guiding the spirit of a lovely machine back into life; every takeoff blending his spirit with its own to do what’s never been done in history, to lift away from the ground and fly.”…
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A Tale of Toxineering & Tarantulas
Sofia Perez The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in Kings’ palaces. Proverbs 30:28 After defending the bad press snakes get in Western culture and highlighting the potential their venom offers the field of medicine, I was struck by a dagger of guilt. More than 220,000 species- or approximately 15% of all animal…