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The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most digestible book, Invention and Innovation, the prolific author—a favorite of Bill Gates—pens an insightful and fact-filled jaunt through the history of human invention. Impatient with the hype that so often accompanies innovation, Smil offers in this book a clear-eyed corrective to the overpromises that accompany everything from new cures for diseases to AI.

Engines of Creation: Where Complexity Meets Reality What do Quantum Computing, the future of Democracy, and Product Strategy have in common? They are all emergent phenomena of complex systems. Hosted by Christian Mastrodonato, Engines of Creation is a sanctuary for the anti-disciplinary thinker. We move beyond the buzzwords to explore the deep patterns that shape our world. Whether we are deconstructing the philosophy of Bitcoin, analyzing the ethics of Technology, or applying Ergodicity to daily decision-making, the goal is always the same: to understand how successful creations truly come to...