#080 - Stephen Wolfram - The At Home CEO

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2019

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Stephen Wolfram is the founder and CEO of the software company Wolfram Research.

What happens when you track every email, every keystroke, every mouse movement and every project for 30 years? Today we find out the productivity strategies, personal infrastructure and tracking analytics from the man behind Wolfram Language and Wolfram Alpha - the answer engine which powers Siri & Alexa.

Extra Stuff:

Wolfram Alpha - https://www.wolframalpha.com/

Follow Stephen on Twitter - https://twitter.com/stephen_wolfram

Seeking The Productive Life - https://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-productive-life-some-details-of-my-personal-infrastructure/

Stephen's Personal Analytics - https://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2012/03/the-personal-analytics-of-my-life/

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome back to the Modern Wisdom Podcast.
0:03.8	My guest today is Stephen Wolfram.
0:06.6	Stephen is the founder and CEO of the software company Wolfram Research.
0:11.8	He is the mind behind Wolfram Mathematica and the Wolfram Alpha Answer Engine.
0:18.0	This might sound like hyponur'd speak that you don't ever interact with, but Wolfram
0:22.9	Alpha actually forms the basis for the answer engine behind Siri and Alexa.
0:29.4	So his work is probably a lot closer to your life than you give it credit for.
0:33.4	Now, just as interesting as what Stephen does is how he does it.
0:39.1	He's tracked every email that he sent over the last 30 years, also tracked every mouse movement,
0:45.2	every keystroke and has recorded all of these down using computer software that his company
0:51.8	has built himself.
0:53.8	His approach to personal productivity and analytics is probably without match on the planet.
1:01.3	And I'm so excited to get to present this fascinating insight into the life of an incredibly
1:08.0	influential figure.
1:10.0	Hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as I did.
1:11.7	There is some cool experiments that you can do yourself on the Wolfram Alpha website.
1:16.8	That will be linked in the show notes below.
1:19.4	If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend.
1:22.0	It makes me incredibly happy.
1:23.8	But for now, please welcome the very wise Stephen Wolfram.
1:44.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back.
1:45.8	I'm joined today by Stephen Wolfram.
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