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Ingenuism’s Winners Part II – Silicon Valley Examined 11 Sep 15, 2021

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On the Silicon Valley Examined podcast, Robert Hendershott and Don Watkins continue their discussion of Ingenuism’s winners. This week they focus on the biggest winners: transformative platforms such as the internet, smartphones, and modern data analytics.

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Ingenuism's Winners (w/ Yaron Brook) - Silicon Valley Examined 10 Sep 08, 2021

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On the Silicon Valley Examined podcast, Robert Hendershott, Don Watkins, and special guest Yaron Brook discuss Ingenuism's winners. Which countries, industries, and companies have embraced Ingenuist principles--and won?

Innovation in Education with Ray Girn and Matt Bateman Aug 25, 2021

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How can education help promote human progress—and how can we promote progress in education? Ray Girn and Matt Bateman from Higher Ground Education explain how a Montessori education fosters independent thinking and creativity, and share lessons they’ve learned about innovation from running the world’s fastest-growing Montessori chain.

Ray Girn is CEO of Higher Ground Education. In March 2016, Girn founded Higher Ground with the vision of greatly accelerating the growth of Montessori education globally. Higher Ground aims to create a comprehensive international platform to deliver high-quality, high-fidelity Montessori programming everywhere, as well as to conduct the research and development necessary to extend Montessori principles to new, innovative models of secondary education.

Matt Bateman is Vice President of Pedagogy at Higher Ground Education. Dr. Bateman works closely with people across the organization, ensuring depth, quality, and consistency across curricular development projects, training, educational technology partnerships, and even strategic growth and messaging. He is closely involved with the development of new programming, such as language immersion and high school. And he acts as a key representative of Higher Ground’s educational philosophy, writing position papers, engaging with researchers, giving lectures, and engaging with the larger educational community.

Higher Ground Education - https://www.tohigherground.com/

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The Entrepreneurial State? - Silicon Valley Examined 9 Aug 25, 2021

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On the Silicon Valley Examined podcast, Robert Hendershott and Don Watkins discuss Mariana Mazzucato’s concept of “the entrepreneurial state” and how Ingenuism grapples with the question of the government’s role in promoting progress.

Mariana Mazzucato’s TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r1IPsldbBg

José Luis Ricón Fernández de la Puente’s analysis of “The Entrepreneurial State”: https://nintil.com/categories/the-entrepreneurial-state/

Entrepreneurial Contagion - Silicon Valley Examined 8 Aug 17, 2021

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On the Silicon Valley Examined podcast, Robert Hendershott and Don Watkins discuss Matt Clancy's essay, "Entrepreneurship is contagious," which argues that one reason people become entrepreneurs is simply because they know other people who are entrepreneurs.

Matt's article: https://mattsclancy.substack.com/p/entrepreneurship-is-contagious

The Future of Decentralized Finance - Silicon Valley Examined 7 Aug 11, 2021

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On the Silicon Valley Examined podcast, Robert Hendershott and Don Watkins discuss the exciting potential of DeFi--and the threat to financial innovation posed by increasing DeFi regulation.

Why Progress Matters - Jason Crawford and Don Watkins Aug 05, 2021

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What causes progress--and why should we care? Jason Crawford and Don Watkins discuss the crucial lessons to be learned from the history of human progress--and why taking that history for granted threatens our future prosperity.

Jason Crawford is a former software engineering manager and tech startup founder. He currently runs the website "Roots of Progress," which explores the history of technology and industry, and the philosophy of human progress.

Discover Ingenuism: https://ingenuism.substack.com

Lost opportunities for progress – Silicon Valley Examined 6 Aug 04, 2021

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On the Silicon Valley Examined podcast, Robert Hendershott and Don Watkins discuss how the failure to hold fast to Ingenuist principles has slowed down progress in space exploration, nuclear power, education, healthcare, and more.

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Climate, China, and COVID - Silicon Valley Examined 5 Jul 28, 2021

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On the Silicon Valley Examined podcast, Robert Hendershott and Don Watkins discuss how Ingenuism can help us conquer climate challenges, China's tech crackdown, and calls for a new government agency to fight disease.

Free Trade Makes Us Rich - Scott Lincicome and Yaron Brook Jul 22, 2021

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Yaron Brook and Scott Lincicome discuss how free trade promotes progress and how industrial policy holds it back.

Scott Lincicome is a senior fellow in economic studies. He writes on international and domestic economic issues, including international trade; subsidies and industrial policy; manufacturing and global supply chains; and economic dynamism. You can find him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottlincicome.

Discover Ingenuism: https://ingenuism.substack.com

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