Comments on: Peter Thiel on technology and globalization http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2696 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Kamla Bhatt Blog » Business Entrepreneur Interviews Events Ideas Infrastructure Internet and Telecom Planes and Automobiles San Francisco Social Media Technology » Peter Thiel and Elon Musk on Entrepreneurship and Innovation http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2696#comment-586244 Kamla Bhatt Blog » Business Entrepreneur Interviews Events Ideas Infrastructure Internet and Telecom Planes and Automobiles San Francisco Social Media Technology » Peter Thiel and Elon Musk on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Mon, 19 May 2008 00:40:03 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2696#comment-586244 [...] Thiel’s speech  scored points with the audience for his content and approach on how to do startups. He said he has no secret formula for success, but instead what he offered was a how-to map on doing startups and business.  Using what appeared like a triadic process (he did major in Philosophy and his triadic approach reminded me of Hegel)  on how-to-business. He was a co-founder of TiE and now heads  Imagine two circles and  it is at the intersection of the two circles where  you will find success. One circle represents fundamentals like market, technology etc and the second circle represents why people don’t like companies. Another way of looking at the second circle  that represents a contrarian approach is to ask the question why people think it is not a good idea to start a business. [...] [...] Thiel’s speech  scored points with the audience for his content and approach on how to do startups. He said he has no secret formula for success, but instead what he offered was a how-to map on doing startups and business.  Using what appeared like a triadic process (he did major in Philosophy and his triadic approach reminded me of Hegel)  on how-to-business. He was a co-founder of TiE and now heads  Imagine two circles and  it is at the intersection of the two circles where  you will find success. One circle represents fundamentals like market, technology etc and the second circle represents why people don’t like companies. Another way of looking at the second circle  that represents a contrarian approach is to ask the question why people think it is not a good idea to start a business. [...]

]]> By: James G. http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2696#comment-537133 James G. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:39:52 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2696#comment-537133 'We especially like “Technology entrepreneurs and investors would do well to return to hard and important problems.” For example, productive nanosystems! —Christine' Exactly. Productive nanosystems could solve all the worlds major problems, starvation, disease, global warming, war, etc. It is a tragedy that people don't make Productive nanosystems priority #1. I saw it estimated once that productive nanosystems may cost a billion to make, but once you make them, money becomes obsolete so it makes no sense not to invest much more money into making productive nanosystems and quickly. The only science with predictable returns is computer science, vis-a-vis Moore's law. Next year the first super computers as powerful as the human brain will be built and every year after that they will get twice as fast, such systems should greatly speed up the race to productive nanosystems as it becomes possible to design and simulate in real time whole nanobots on such computers. This is necessary to ensure their functionality and safety before they are built. Once they are simulated I feel there will be a rush to build them. But it feels as if people are dragging their feet unnecessarily. Bill Gates donates billions to help the sick and poor, but if he put an equal amount towards productive nanosystems, we would probably have such devices by now. Hopefully not long, though. ‘We especially like “Technology entrepreneurs and investors would do well to return to hard and important problems.” For example, productive nanosystems! —Christine’

Exactly. Productive nanosystems could solve all the worlds major problems, starvation, disease, global warming, war, etc. It is a tragedy that people don’t make Productive nanosystems priority #1. I saw it estimated once that productive nanosystems may cost a billion to make, but once you make them, money becomes obsolete so it makes no sense not to invest much more money into making productive nanosystems and quickly. The only science with predictable returns is computer science, vis-a-vis Moore’s law. Next year the first super computers as powerful as the human brain will be built and every year after that they will get twice as fast, such systems should greatly speed up the race to productive nanosystems as it becomes possible to design and simulate in real time whole nanobots on such computers. This is necessary to ensure their functionality and safety before they are built. Once they are simulated I feel there will be a rush to build them. But it feels as if people are dragging their feet unnecessarily. Bill Gates donates billions to help the sick and poor, but if he put an equal amount towards productive nanosystems, we would probably have such devices by now. Hopefully not long, though.

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