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Banking Is Always a Risky Business

14 March 2023

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More pixels do not always yield better resolution when photographing small things, like snowflakes

27 February 2021

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Two years of stonewalling

14 June 2018

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What’s Wrong with NEOWISE

14 June 2018

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The Stephen Hawking I Knew

14 March 2018

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Where Does Technological Innovation Come From?

11 November 2015

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Nathan Myhrvold’s Recipe for a Better Oven

30 June 2014

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Irrational Fears

23 April 2014

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U.S. has not addressed threat of strategic terrorism

20 September 2013

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Strategic Terrorism: A Call to Action

03 July 2013

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When HBR Revealed Microsoft’s Secret Playbook

14 November 2012

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Nathan Myhrvold: Why the Wealthiest Should Fund Innovation

12 September 2012

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Deadline Approaches on Survival of Newspapers

22 January 2012

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Invention Is the Mother of Economic Growth

19 December 2011

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Energy Subsidies Stymie Wind, Solar Innovation

27 November 2011

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Energy Revolution Keeps Carbon on Top

26 October 2011

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Texas’s Cult of Smoke, Barbecue-Land Journeys

01 September 2011

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Descended From Apes, Acting Like Slime Molds

17 August 2011

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Asia’s High-Tech Boom is Good for Us, Too

23 July 2011

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Patents Are Very Valuable, Tech Giants Discover

19 July 2011

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Earth in the Balance, Humankind on the Edge

21 June 2011

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A New Spin on Cooking

16 March 2011

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Funding Eureka!

01 March 2010

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From Simulation to Solution

02 February 2009

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Dialogues: Does the Space Program Have a Future?

06 February 2003

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John von Neumann: Computing’s Cold Warrior

29 March 1999

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Supporting Science

23 October 1998

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What’s the Return on Research?

08 December 1997

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Confessions of a Cybershaman

13 June 1997

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Human Clones: Why Not?

14 March 1997

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A Penny for Your Thoughts?

14 February 1997

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Tough-Talking Nerds

16 November 1996

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The Virtue of Inefficient Government

18 October 1996

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Insufficient Funds

20 September 1996

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Mars to Humanity: Get Over Yourself

15 August 1996

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Essays & Columns

Banking Is Always a Risky Business

More pixels do not always yield better resolution when photographing small things, like snowflakes

Two years of stonewalling

What’s Wrong with NEOWISE

The Stephen Hawking I Knew

Where Does Technological Innovation Come From?

Nathan Myhrvold’s Recipe for a Better Oven

Irrational Fears

U.S. has not addressed threat of strategic terrorism

Strategic Terrorism: A Call to Action

When HBR Revealed Microsoft’s Secret Playbook

Nathan Myhrvold: Why the Wealthiest Should Fund Innovation

Deadline Approaches on Survival of Newspapers

Invention Is the Mother of Economic Growth

Energy Subsidies Stymie Wind, Solar Innovation

Energy Revolution Keeps Carbon on Top

Texas’s Cult of Smoke, Barbecue-Land Journeys

Descended From Apes, Acting Like Slime Molds

Asia’s High-Tech Boom is Good for Us, Too

Patents Are Very Valuable, Tech Giants Discover

Earth in the Balance, Humankind on the Edge

A New Spin on Cooking

Funding Eureka!

From Simulation to Solution

Dialogues: Does the Space Program Have a Future?

John von Neumann: Computing’s Cold Warrior

Supporting Science

What’s the Return on Research?

Confessions of a Cybershaman

Human Clones: Why Not?

A Penny for Your Thoughts?

Tough-Talking Nerds

The Virtue of Inefficient Government

Insufficient Funds

Mars to Humanity: Get Over Yourself

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