[Mitworld] New: Intel's Craig Barrett, Sterman on Technology

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[DIGITAL EVOLUTION]

The world is counting on the fulfillment of (Intel co-founder) Gordon
Moore's Law for at least another half century. In Craig Barrett's view,
solutions to the crucial challenges of our time depend on improving on
already nano-sized microprocessors every few years.

SPEAKER:
Craig R. Barrett
Chairman of the Board
Intel Corporation


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/552/>

[QUOTE]
"Invest in good people with good ideas...Don't be afraid to change the
rules...Always change before the environment makes you change...If
you're going to change, take informed risks."
--Craig R. Barrett


EVENT HOST: Industrial Liaison Program
<http://ilp-www.mit.edu/display_page.a4d?key=H1>

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[WHY BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD TECHNOLOGIES]

John Sterman pokes holes through some popular proposals for addressing
climate change, with sobering case studies that demonstrate why
"technological solutions are not enough to address the problem of
creating a sustainable world."

SPEAKER:
John Sterman
Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management and Engineering Systems
Director, System Dynamics Group, MIT


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/553/>

[QUOTE]
"Our underlying belief is that the better mousetrap theory of innovation
will work. But one thing we can tell you, as incubators of successful
and unsuccessful ventures at MIT, this better mousetrap theory is
completely wrong."
--John Sterman

EVENT HOST: MIT Energy Initiative <http://web.mit.edu/mitei/index.html>

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James R. Killian, Jr.
Faculty Achievement Award Lecture

John Dower
Ford International Professor of History

Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor/Hiroshima/9-11/Iraq

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