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The City’s Alchemy : Systems of Innovation, Disparity, and Creativity

[The Prometheus Shot – E011 :: The City’s Alchemy : Systems of Innovation, Disparity, and Creativity]

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Who is getting replaced by AI?

Who feels threatened by AI? Why would you feel that your job and livelihood is at risk when people use AI more (effectively saying it is more convenient / cheaper)?

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Edison’s Ruthless Innovation: More than a Light Bulb

[The Prometheus Shot – E008 :: Edison’s Ruthless Innovation: More than a Light Bulb ]

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Einstein the Icon: Relativity & Great Imagination

[The Prometheus Shot – E005 :: Einstein the Icon: Relativity & Great Imagination ]

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Who Invents – Watt: Innovation, Steam Engines, & Industrial Revolutions

[The Prometheus Shot – E004 :: Who Invents – Watt: Innovation, Steam Engines, and Industrial Revolutions ]

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Apple Crushed : Advertising , Brands , and Greatness

[The Prometheus Shot – E003 :: Apple Crushed : Advertising, Brands, and Greatness ]

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The Beauty & Richness of Social Media : Personal Lessons after 2/3 years on X (Twitter)

Should you call someone an “Idiot” on social media? Should you explain things to trolls? Why aren’t people nice to strangers (especially when we can’t see their face)?

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On the Virtues of (extreme) Imagination & Creativity : Sci-Fi and Fantasy (can be) Practical !

Extreme Imagination and Creativity (as in Sci-Fi and Fantasy) can be practical. They are useful as inspiration, for education, and even as inputs into scientific and engineering processes.

Here are a few thoughts on that.

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Mundane Evil & Creativity : “I was just doing my Job..”

More often than not, evil is not one great shocking act. Mundane evil is the most prevalent form.. and what we come to see as great evil sometimes [usually in retrospect], starts with small tasks, and accumulates simple additions as it goes.

Ironically, I think this summarizes “Oppenheimer” – the events, and the 2023 film.

Oppenheimer Mundane Evil
Oppenheimer: A story of Mundane Evil

“The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks.”

C.S. Lewis

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Guns, Germs, and Steel : A (clearer) perspective on Diffusion (of Innovation) & Progress

The ‘broadest pattern in history’ is a pattern of diffusion of innovation (cultural and technological innovation). The outcomes of the flow of innovation in culture, political and economic organization, and technology, are what caused – eventually – a giant rift between the ‘old world’ and the new one, and between different political entities.

A discussion based on the book by J. Diamond (Link below).

Jared Diamond : The Author of Guns Germs and Steel
Jared Diamond : The Author of Guns Germs and Steel