#15 Samuel Arbesman: Future-Proof Your Knowledge

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

Farnam Street

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2016

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Samuel Arbesman is a complexity scientist focusing on the changing nature of science and technology. We discuss learning, reading, and how to optimize both to get the best outcome.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Knowledge Project on your host Shane Farish, Curator Behind Furnham Street,
0:12.2	and Online Intellectual Hub of Interestingness Covering Topics like Human Miss Judgment,
0:16.7	Decision Making, Strategy, and Philosophy.
0:19.2	Today we're going to be talking about technology.
0:21.3	The Knowledge Project allows me to interview amazing people from around the world to deconstruct
0:25.4	why they're good at what they do, more conversation than prescription.
0:29.2	On this episode I have Sam Aversman.
0:32.5	Sam is a complexity scientist whose work focuses on the nature of scientific and technological
0:38.5	change.
0:39.5	He's currently the scientist in residence at Lux Capital, which is a venture capital
0:43.6	firm focused on big, daring ideas in science and technology.
0:47.4	Sam's also written two books that I love, The Half Life of Facts and Overcomplicated.
0:52.3	On this episode we're going to get to know Sam better and explore overcomplicated and
0:56.7	our relationship with technology.
0:59.0	In the process we're going to learn a bit the difference between physics thinking and
1:02.0	biological thinking, which I think you'll particularly enjoy.
1:05.2	Let's dig in.
1:07.6	Before I get started, here's a quick word from our sponsor.
1:10.8	This podcast is supported by Slack, a messaging app bringing all your team's communications
1:15.4	into one place.
1:17.1	Slack integrates with other tools and services you already use like Google Drive, Dropbox,
1:21.1	and more.
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