César Hidalgo: Podcast Interviews

César Hidalgo

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Author, Physicist, Entrepreneur

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3 Interviews

César Hidalgo's Interviews

Ryan McGranaghan & César Hidalgo • 29 Oct 2020 • EN

Episode 25: César Hidalgo - Information and complexity, learning and leading, rethinking technology in society

Show Notes: Spiritual background of his childhood (05:30) Discipline to do good work (06:10) Mentor: Albert-László Barabási (09:30) How do you demand excellence? Musing on the competitive mentality (11:45) Relevance of science is a very social dimension (12:30) What he tells his students (13:30) Adapting as an individu

Sean Carroll & César Hidalgo • 11 Nov 2019 • EN

César Hidalgo on Information in Societies, Economies, and the Universe

Maxwell's Demon is a famous thought experiment in which a mischievous imp uses knowledge of the velocities of gas molecules in a box to decrease the entropy of the gas, which could then be used to do useful work such as pushing a piston. This is a classic example of converting information (what the gas molecules are do

Gayle Allen & César Hidalgo • 17 Jul 2017 • EN

CM 083: Cesar Hidalgo on the Impact of Collective Learning

When it comes to economic growth, why are some countries and companies better than others? While many experts look to factors in geography, finance, or psychology for the answers, César Hidalgo asks us to look instead at information and networks. Cesar is the author of the book, Why Information Grows: The Evolution of