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Too early to eulogize the technological – Scientific Revolution
On September 1, Eytan Avriel published an article in Haaretz, entitled “Growth: Is the era of great inventions has ended?”. He quotes economist Robert Gordon of Northwestern United States. Gordon believed that the technology – scientific innovation has exhausted itself, and therefore should expect a decline in growth in the coming years. Gordon’s Interpretation is erroneous on several levels, and his conclusion is incorrect.
the great money mystery
An interview with Arie Rotenberg – why the mountain of money created by Central Banks, In Israel and abroad , has not caused inflation?!
The business of sleep
An interview with Prof. Peretz Lavie, outgoing president of the Technion about his sleep research and resulting start-ups.
Polity without policy
What happen in democracies, when we the voters, the polity, cast our ballots without any clue about what those we are voting for plan to do? What if those we vote for have no idea themselves what they plan to do? And why are Israel and Western democracies in this pickle?
Rafi Nave: Hi-tech pioneer
Professor Shlomo Meital interviews Rafi Nave, a high-tech pioneer and researcher at the Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion, regarding his career that has been going on for more than 40 years
Polity without policy
What happen in democracies, when we the voters, the polity, cast our ballots without any clue about what those we are voting for plan to do? What if those we vote for have no idea themselves what they plan to do? And why are Israel and Western democracies in this pickle?
America’s decline – Israel’s trouble
President Trump says the US economy is stronger than it has ever been. And the numbers back him up. Numbers, shmumbers – America is sinking. One consequence is that Israel is in trouble.
Why does it impact Israel? It is pretty simple, actually.
The US is Israel’s strongest supporter. We have your back, the Americans constantly tell Israeli leaders. We moved our embassy to Jerusalem. But the bigger America’s internal social and economic woes, the less engaged it is in the Middle East and the world. When Israel does need someone at its back, there may be nobody there.
Snow-capped idea volcanoes
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder said “Young people are just smarter!” So, Mark, here goes. I’m going to try to convince you that those over 60 not only have clever ideas but often know far better than young whippersnappers how to implement them.
Zionism preferred villages and not cities, and the result is still felt today
Prof. Rachel Alterman talks about Zionism, the history of settlement in Israel and the cities that have been established.
Most Israelis are urbanites, but the cities – although they have always led the country economically, culturally and politically – have always held second place from the Zionist point of view. The national priorities, passion and ideology were elsewhere: land, farming, agriculture, moshav, kibbutz and rural life were considered the embodiment of Zionist vision and fulfillment. The development of the Israeli cities was deeply influenced by these priorities.
To succeed in a start-up, you have to think like artists
Is Israel really the start-up nation? If you choose the right metric, the answer is no. Israel is indeed the world leader in the number of start-ups per capita, according to the Bloomberg Index – but is this the right measure? Isn’t it more correct to check the number of successful start-ups per capita? If we measure this index, we will find that Israel is not at all leading. The rate of failures in the US, for example, is 90%; Sounds a lot, but it’s much less than Israel.
