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The Art of Innovation from the Hacker’s Perspective

“The mindset that Hackers have is optimized for discovery. The way that Hackers interact with the rest of the world, and figure out what is possible, is what you need for invention–it’s what you need for innovation.”

A family friend of mine, Pablos Holman, speaks on some of the amazing projects he works on at Intellectual Ventures, including:

• constructing a laser defense system from common consumer electronics to protect humans against Malaria-infected misquitoes
• putting tubes made from used tires into the ocean that cool off the surface to prevent hurricanes
• floating a garden hose into space with a helium balloon to spray a reflective particulate (sulfur dioxide) to shield the Earth from UV rays and reduce global warming
• inventing a new fission reactor that runs on depleted uranium.

The embedded video is 36 minutes total but becomes very interesting by the halfway mark.