Business, Innovation, and Managing Life (January 31, 2024)

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 1:00: SW starts talking 2:19-10:14 Have you had a chance to try Apple's new VR headset? 10:26-19:26 You previously discussed the role of AI in the future of science, what about the role of AI in the future of Business, Innovation, or Managing Life? 19:46-22:49 ​Have you ever determined your Myers-Briggs personality type? Ever considered hiring based on a personality test? 23:00-25:45 ​What's some good advice for starting to work on a super novel thing where there is almost no literature about it? 25:54-00:34:02 At this stage in your career, has your vision for your legacy reified fully, and if so what do you imagine it being? Eliminating computational irreducibility within the Ruliad and maximizing its positive impact on the world, for example? 34:16-38:48 ​How have your experiences in education influenced your approach to innovation? 38:50-39:41 Einstein is attributed as having said, "If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions." 39:48-50:25 Do any of your businesses have plans to build blockchain solutions? How does blockchain technology fit into your vision of the future? 50:33-57:29 What is a fun business idea you have had, but never executed? 57:35-1:00:58 Do you think we'll get to a point of textbooks by AI? 1:01:12-1:09:14 Wolfram was one of the pioneers in using notebooks for scientific programming, i.e., literate programming. Do you think new programming languages will be more expressive? 1:09:55-1:18:51 Do you think philosophy and psychology (or an applied version of these for those less theoretical) should be taught throughout the school years just like English and maths (in addition to everything else)? 1:19:18: End stream 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/