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The discoverer of a new scientific truth does not gradually win over his opponents by converting them... What does happen is that his opponents gradually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with the idea from the beginning.
— Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers (1949)

1d ago

The one thing we ask is that the man who is not thinking should get out of the way of the man who is. The world wants to move forward, and if you're not moving with it, you're holding it back.

3d ago

readtrung.com

The Sphere's $4B Business, explained

The exterior of the Las Vegas Sphere, known as the Exosphere, is a 580,000-square-foot LED display wrapping a 366-foot-tall, 516-foot-wide spherical structure. This colossal screen is composed of 1.2 million individual "LED pucks," each containing 48 LEDs, to create a dynamic and high-resolution visual experience (translation: blows your got dang socks off).

4d ago

readtrung.com

The Sphere's $4B Business, explained

One rebuttal — which I happily ascribe to — is to reply with an image of Las Vegas Sphere and say, "yes, we definitely do." Look, the latter might not be the Cathedral Notre Dame or La Sagrada Familia…or the Forbidden Palace. But it's still a different kind of marvel and incredible engineering accomplishment.

4d ago

wired.com

This Jammer Wants to Block Always-Listening AI Wearables. It Probably Won’t Work

Devevillance's Spectre I, developed by a recent Harvard grad, wants to give people control over the always-on wearables surrounding their lives. The problem? Physics.

5d ago

upstartsmedia.com

Flexport's Ryan Petersen On Tariff Refunds, AI Agents And How To Win Back Customers

It used to be a one-year strategic plan. You would lay out, 'Okay, we're going to do this, we're going to do that.' Now you're like, 'All right, let's go see if you can make this work, two days later. And it works.'

5d ago

We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct.

6d ago

It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science.

1w ago

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