Business, Innovation and Managing Life (December 18, 2024)

Stephen Wolfram hosts live and unscripted Ask Me Anything about business, innovation and managing life. Find the playlist of Q&A's here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa

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00:00 Start stream
1:25 SW starts talking
1:39 For the new Notebook Assistant, what is the process for making a new product like that?
16:40 When making a new product, is it harder to create something brand new with no competition or easier when there are competing products to compare?
24:37 Good product; tbh I signed up and took it for a test drive yesterday. Great to chat and work Mathematica for a newbie like me; excellent progress in a short time.
25:04 I bought a Wolfram subscription for my daughter who is in Year 7. However, it seems it is not very straightforward in usability for a 12-year-old who can use in her study intuitively.
30:34 Would you consider enhancing or introducing new tools for a younger audience like my daughter? At least provide feature of ask random question in plain English and get concise answer with graphics to study science (chemistry, physics, biology).
31:00 Do you ever watch funny cat videos?
33:10 What do you think about Nvidia's CEO Jensen's approach to sending all through emails and having like 60 people directly report to him all day with email reports, and he is managing the whole company?
36:52 I would love to see software development discussions from the ground up. Sort of a Live Software Engineering series to complement the content of Live CEOing. E.g. building the WordCloud function. I like seeing the design reviews during Live CEOing, but I'm always wondering how the functions actually get implemented in code and how software developers approach programming Wolfram Language functions.
41:21 Do you have a cat?
43:37 How many meetings would you say you attend a day? How do you get the most out of them?
51:26 ​​Apparently there is a small island inhabited by a throng of cats. They survive because the local fish jump out of the water onto the beach.
52:04 I saw a TikTok saying if you eat eggs raised on farms with cats on there, you can kick the allergy!!
52:41 Based on a random week earlier last month, you average about 12 meetings a week when they're "normal sized."
53:20 What are your tips for consistently practicing self-discipline?
1:00:21 Updated meeting numbers.
1:02:53 End stream

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