Tim Harford’s superb new book explores hidden benefits of randomness and disorder across multiple disciplines. In Chapter Eight, “Resilience: Broken Windows, Stomach Ulcers, and the Dangerous Belief That Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness,”…
Chapter Nine of “Society’s Genome” discusses the importance of geographic diversity for data preservation. The concept is simple – if one physical site becomes incapacitated, then the other site can be used to…
Ralph Rinzler of the Smithsonian Institution provides a warm introduction to a video of the great guitar player, Doc Watson. In this intro, he captures what is at the heart of “Society’s Genome.”…
“Society’s Genome" author, Nathan C. Thompson, was the guest on a “MeetTheCEO” podcast on August 2, 2016. Nathan covers the storage business, Spectra Logic’s history, trends for the future — and how they…