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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

by Kevin Boland last modified Wednesday, July 18, 2007

This Sunday is the hundredth anniversary of Rachel Carson's birth. Should we celebrate? Give Hans Rosling twenty minutes, and he will show you the developing world as you've never seen it before. . . Why is naïveté an advantage for entrepreneurs? Because big changes are bad for experts. . . First, European Organization for Nuclear Research incubated the world wide web. Now it's unlocking the most basic secrets of the universe. . .Corked bats? No, the most important technology in baseball is probably the airplane. . .

This Sunday is the hundredth anniversary of Rachel Carson's birth. Should we celebrate?

Give Hans Rosling twenty minutes, and he will show you the developing world as you've never seen it before. . .

Why is naïveté an advantage for entrepreneurs? Because big changes are bad for experts. . .

First, European Organization for Nuclear Research incubated the world wide web. Now it's unlocking the most basic secrets of the universe. . .

Corked bats? No, the most important technology in baseball is probably the airplane. . .

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