Politics and Innovation. The Leadership Paradox
How do political connections affect firm dynamics, innovation, and creative destruction? This is a recurrent topic on this blog, and here is an interesting working paper(1) published by the Bank of...
View ArticleThrough my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault
The last seven days has been a weird moment of contrition in the Liturgy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Actus Paenitentialis through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault Jack...
View ArticleGordon Moore. In Memoriam
There is such a thing as a natural-born Entrepreneur… But the accidental entrepreneur like me has to fall into the opportunity or be pushed into it. Gordon Moore, The Accidental Entrepreneur He fell...
View ArticleEctolife
Six years ago I published the short science fiction story “De Paris, sin amor” (From Paris without love) on the question of ectogenesis and beyond (spoiler in the image above). Even thought I adopted a...
View ArticleBeyond the sound and fury. The future will be weird
Famous Spanish actress Ana Obregón has come under fire after revealing that she has had a baby girl via surrogacy in the US at the age of 68. Spain has banned all forms of surrogacy, but parents can...
View ArticleOn A Mission To Make Science Fiction A Reality
A couple of months ago, Ben Reinhardt announced the launch of Speculative Technologies, a new nonprofit research organization with the mission to create an abundant, wonder-filled future by unlocking...
View ArticleBreakthrough Innovations and Productivity Over the Long Run
After the 2008 financial crisis, many modern economies have suffered from persistent economic stagnation. Developed countries have not been as effective as previously in promoting long‐term...
View ArticleSpain. A country for the future?
During the coming weeks, my colleague (and co-author) Isabel F. Peñuelas and the author of this blog are going to be sharing some of the ideas we have put together in a draft paper1 with the tittle of...
View ArticleMerging with a Computer… and Legal Rights
In 2010, an Australian woman named Rita Leggett received an experimental seizure-tracking brain-computer interface (BCI) implant provided by the company Neuravista. She was 49 year old when she was...
View ArticleCollective Intelligence to Solve the Transformative Technology Trilemma
The Collective Intelligence Project (CIP) is an incubator for new governance models for transformative technology. Cofounded by Divya Siddarth and Saffron Huang, its objective is the research and...
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