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Why The World Needs Incentive Prizes

Why The World Needs Incentive Prizes

FromFuture Positive


Why The World Needs Incentive Prizes

FromFuture Positive

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Length:
8 minutes
Released:
Feb 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

For this week’s podcast we are bringing you another Radical Read written by journalist Amelia Abraham and read by our host Sofie Tapia.   From the invention of a device to measure longitude at sea back in the 18th Century to our newest and biggest Prize ever, XPRIZE Carbon Removal, incentive prizes make the impossible possible.  Find out Why We Need Incentive Prizes to truly foster genius.The XPRIZE Carbon Removal is aimed at tackling the biggest threat facing humanity — fighting climate change and rebalancing Earth’s carbon cycle. Funded by Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation, this $100M competition is the largest incentive prize in history, an extraordinary milestone. For more information visit www.xprize.org Links:https://www.xprize.org/elonmusk  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Feb 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (55)

Welcome to Future Positive a podcast from XPRIZE that aims to bring you the most future-forward topics, covering everything from AI to avatars, to climate change, and more. We will share conversations from game-changing leaders, tech entrepreneurs and heavyweights from the creative industry - revealing their inspirations, and how and why they will change the world.If you’re into data-driven optimism, this is the podcast for you.© 2020 XPRIZE Foundation. All rights reserved Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.