Business, Innovation, and Managing Life (April 19, 2023)

Stephen Wolfram hosts live and unscripted Ask Me Anything about business, innovation and managing life. Find the playlist of Q&A's here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa Originally livestreamed at: https://twitch.tv/stephen_wolfram If you missed the original livestream of this episode, feel free to submit a question you would like Stephen to answer in a future Q&A livestream here: https://wolfr.am/12cczmv5J 00:00 Start stream 4:26 SW starts talking 4:35-12:06 If you have a goal with many clearly defined milestones which are dependent on each other in order to get to the finish line, how do you generally approach that? 12:15-30:31 Do you have a bucket list? What are some things you hope you see or experience in life that you haven't yet? 30:52-37:53 What are common business skills that science people are commonly lacking? 38:21-46:20 Did you ever imagine you would end up as a CEO, or did you plan to stay in the world of academia? 46:30-50:00 Do you work more than you should? What's a good "work-time for yourself" ratio during a day for a person? 50:05-01:05:12 Suppose that scientist X has published an important, empirically valid idea that all other scientists completely ignore. How should scientist X proceed? 1:05:22-1:08:56 What was the last movie you watched? It's interesting to me to see how old movies imagined the "future" and seeing it compared to what today is actually like. 1:09:02-1:09:43 What do you order from the concessions stand at the movies? 1:09:49-1:11:28 What is more fun, being a professor at a University or teaching people live about things that interest you? 1:11:44-1:18:47 What are the foundations that made you a decent scientist? 1:18:58-1:32:20 What are your thoughts on the future of education? Follow us on our official social media channels. Twitter: https://twitter.com/WolframResearch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wolframresearch/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wolframresearch/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wolfram-research/ Stephen Wolfram's Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephen_wolfram/ Contribute to the official Wolfram Community: https://community.wolfram.com/ Stay up-to-date on the latest interest at Wolfram Research through our blog: https://blog.wolfram.com/ Follow Stephen Wolfram's life, interests, and what makes him tick on his blog: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/