Business, Innovation and Managing Life (September 29, 2021)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa Questions include: Do you believe billionaires should exist? are you one? - ​Why do billionaires make space rockets? - ​Do you have a fancy car? Or a boat? - At least 3! Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos? - How do you determine your time is being well spent? - ​How many computers do you own? Do you build them yourself? - 9-5 job, graduated in physics, but work as an analyst. Tired when coming home, want to learn more skills, any advice? - Do you perceive yourself as Altruist? - Do you still systematically learn new science by textbooks? - ​Why is it so hard for independent learners outside of institutions to get access to decent tools and classes? It is hard not to default to python because of lack of financing. - How is the landscape of investing in technology startups changing? Where do you fit in?

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Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha and the Wolfram Language; the author of A New Kind of Science; and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research. Over the course of nearly four decades, he has been a pioneer in the development and application of computational thinking—and has been responsible for many discoveries, inventions and innovations in science, technology and business. On his podcast, Stephen discusses topics ranging from the history of science to the future of civilization and ethics of AI.