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It all starts with a phone call. “Surely there’s been some mistake. You do realize I play the mandolin, right?” Chris Thile said when he was informed that he had been named a 2012 MacArthur Fellow. Thile is one of 23 very talented and very lucky musicians, writers, scientists, and thinkers awarded a half-a-million dollar […]
Saul Griffith
In an age of hyper-specialization, Saul Griffith is an old-school inventor. A MacArthur “genius,” his work includes a new way to manufacture eyeglasses, kites that generate power, and rope that knows how much weight it carries. Griffith explains how to get kids fascinated by science: promise to send them to school on zip lines.
Saul Griffith
In an age of hyperspecialization, Saul Griffith is an old-school inventor. A MacArthur “genius,” his work includes a new way to manufacture eyeglasses, kites that generate power, and rope that knows how much weight it carries. Griffith explains how to get kids excited about inventing our future: send them to school on zip lines.