Was the World’s Most Beautiful Woman Also the World’s Smartest?
This is one of the strangest stories I’ve encountered, in the realm of creativity and innovation. It is about Hedy Lamarr. Very few readers will be old enough to remember this stunning Hollywood movie star of the 1940’s, who appeared in Samson and Delilah, Ziegfield Girl, Tortilla Flat, and others. Few know her patent forms the foundation for cell phone technology. Here is her story.
Systems Thinking: A Short Eulogy
You can argue that the world got into trouble for one key core reason: Lack of systems thinking. Risk managers failed to consider systemic risk. Policymakers failed to take into account systemic interaction. European officials failed to realize the euro’s rot can destroy the global economy.
History DOES Repeat Itself, Only Losers & Winners Change Sides
It is not only those who forget history who are doomed to repeat it, as Santayana warned. It is also those who
remember history who repeat it.
How Strong Minds Raced So Weak Legs Could Walk
A U.S. National Football League charity campaign once used the slogan, “strong legs run so weak ones can walk”. I recalled this during a visit yesterday to an Israeli startup named Argo, launched by Dr. Amit Goffer. Argo’s product is called ReWalk, and it is an exo‐skeleton (outside‐the‐body skeleton) which, with electronics, enables those who cannot walk to stand on their own two feet and walk at 2 km. per hour, a good clip.
