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Wright’s Law — Understanding Technology Cost Curves with Brett Winton

Wright’s Law — Understanding Technology Cost Curves with Brett Winton

FromFYI - For Your Innovation


Wright’s Law — Understanding Technology Cost Curves with Brett Winton

FromFYI - For Your Innovation

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Jan 23, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Our guest today is ARK’s very own Director of Research, Brett Winton. He is here on the podcast today to talk about the recent article he published titled Moore’s Law Isn’t Dead, It’s Wrong. Long Live Wright’s Law. In his piece and during this conversation, Brett unpacks the concepts in question and what sparked his desire to make this argument. He explains the popularity of Moore’s Law, used to forecast the growth of technologies, and goes on to show why he thinks it is not the best model for the task. Brett posits that Wright’s Law is better for this application and gives reasons and examples to back up his thesis. For instance, we will discuss electric vehicles, genome research, computing, and nuclear power. Be sure to join us on today’s episode!
Released:
Jan 23, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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The FYI – For Your Innovation Podcast offers an intellectual discussion on recent developments across disruptive innovation—driven by research, news, controversies, companies, and technological breakthroughs.