by Andrew Maynard | Jan 29, 2011 | Communication
This is not a science and technology post – which is a bit odd for a science and technology blog. But I wanted to introduce five people who together shake up the whole idea of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos as being an elitist and increasingly...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 29, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Oversight, Policy, Technology Innovation
Cross-posted from the Risk Science Blog. Take a metaphorical slice through this year’s annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, and Global Risk would be writ large through every part of it. Hot on the heels of the sixth Global Risk report, this...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 28, 2011 | Communication
I don’t usually write about personal interactions here, but this is one I couldn’t resist – physics superstar Lawrence Krauss talking cosmology with music superstar Peter Gabriel. I was with Lawrence at a World Economic Forum dinner when he bumped...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 27, 2011 | Emerging Technology
Cross-posted at ForumBlog.org – the World Economic Forum blog My high school physics teacher used to tell me there’s no such think as a dumb question. It’s a lesson I’ve carried with me through my professional career as a scientist. But it’s a philosophy that...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 25, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Technology Innovation
Technology innovation was front and center of Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight. This is extremely good news for those of us who believe more needs to be done, and done better, to ensure science and technology translate into effective solutions that...
