Throughout history, major technologies were deployed before we fully understood how they worked. Driven by intuition and results, innovation often led while theory followed. Here are examples where applied practice came first and deep understanding came later. Innovation rarely waits for full understanding. As new technologies emerge, history reminds us that building often comes first—and …
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Notorious BIG at 17
Skill at such a young age.
The genius of Keith Floyd on TV and in the kitchen
An innovator, Keith paved the way for “The Great British Bakeoff” to cook outdoors. During the “Floyd on Africa Series”, Keith Floyd’s stove lights the boat on fire while cooking squid. Undaunted he completes the cooking sequence and serves it to the captain who is unfazed. Life’s like that when working with a genius like …
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SpaceX Tower Elevator
Animal lifespan is a billion heart beats
The North Carolina State University Heart Project studied 322 species of animals and concluded that animals get about a billion heartbeats per lifetime. Humans get the most heartbeats per lifetime, about 2.5 billion. Human athletes have slower resting heart rates, which likely correlates with longevity. Caffeine makes our hearts beat faster––I wonder how many years …
Traveling to a destination wedding?
This incredibly useful tool finds the 10 closest commercial airports to any location. https://willymaps.github.io/spoke
Heading to the beach?
Most people know rip currents are dangerous. Few people know how to spot them.
New York’s super-tall Central Park Tower
Her closing sentence is memorable, “An ideal city, cannot be dominated by high-rises that only serve to symbolize private surplus wealth.” Central Park Tower is 89% vacant, and casts a long shadow across Central Park that’s changed the flora and fauna.
Tricking your brain to learn more
Mark Rober suggests we focus learning on the success, and ignore failures. Like a toddler learning to walk, who doesn’t remember the falls, and only focuses on the steady progression toward walking. Since I’m a mountain climber, his diagram reminds me about the camps we establish on mountains. The concept is the same. Mark did …