Entrepreneurship

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Replit CEO Amjad Masad on bringing the next 1 billion software creators online

Freethink spoke with Masad about the future of software development, the outsized power of Silicon Valley, and the absurdity of the AI extinction theory.

Stephen Johnson

A man experiencing both failure and success on a tennis court.

Psychology

How to find success with the 4 conditions of “intelligent failure”

Intelligent failure occurs in a low-risk environment and leads to growth or new knowledge. To fail intelligently, follow five strategies.

Kevin Dickinson

Construction

Cleaning up one of the world’s most commonly used substances

C-Crete has created a more sustainable cement binding material that could significantly reduce the industry’s CO2 emissions.

Zach Winn | MIT News Office

Startups

Prosthetics as fashion: designers transform prosthetic leg covers into wearable art

Alleles is a premier boutique where amputees can be fitted for fashionable limb covers that make their prosthetic limbs stylish and eye-catching. These designers hope their fashions will help reduce the stigma that comes with prosthetics.

Teresa Carey

Food

The first GMO salmon is coming to a store near you

After a 30-year struggle, Atlantic salmon modified with a growth hormone gene from Chinook salmon has been approved by the FDA. Its producers say it solves problems related to climate change, ocean pollution, and food scarcity. Skeptics call it playing god. Both call it the Frankenfish.

Amelia Jaycen

Series| Catalysts

The lost art of apprenticeship

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In partnership with Stand Together

After his dad died, he struggled in high school and ended up getting a DUI. Stuck in dead-end jobs, he responded to a nonprofit’s post for free skilled labor training - and his whole life changed.

Transportation

A quiet revolution in trucking

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In partnership with SAP

She’s a veteran, a single mom, and a trucker, who used to have to wait around for hours for her cargo. Now, a revolutionary solution from SAP and Uber Freight is getting her back on the road and home to her son sooner.

Startups

Introducing Freethink

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We’re reimagining media for a generation that’s changing the world.

Meet Civil, the startup that wants to save journalism with the blockchain

4:59

Can the blockchain fight fake news, restore trust in the media, and save a dying a industry?

Afghanistan’s first female tech CEO

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Despite getting death threats from the Taliban, Roya Mahboob realized her dream of a successful career in tech.

Failing

Let's talk about failure

Are we fetishizing failure? What are the costs of failing? How do we bounce back after it inevitably happens?

Mike Riggs

Failing

What can we learn from an entrepreneur whose business failed?

Luke Kenworthy put everything he had into making his business work. But it didn't pan out. Now he's sharing what he...

Mike Riggs

Failing

Failure is inevitable, but it doesn't have to ruin your life

Why learning to suck at something is the only way to get good at it.

Mike Riggs

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