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The Wiki Man

We don’t need more technology, we need better technology

16 February 2019

9:00 AM

16 February 2019

9:00 AM

I’d like to propose a new scientific institution: the IUT, or Institute of Underrated Technology. Rather than trying to invent yet more bloody things, it will instead be devoted to helping us derive greater value from things we can do already using technology which already exists.

Innovation is a two-stage process.

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