Kevin Tang is an eighth-grader in California who won $25,000 and the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist” for his science ...
This month marks 80 years since one of the most influential yet underrated inventions burst onto the market in New York on ...
It’s a tale as old as time: A kid gets a shiny, expensive new toy and then wants to play with the cardboard it came in. But while accessible, cardboard has one drawback, says Chompshop co-founder and ...
In 2000 TIME’s editors sat down to select three inventions of the year, one each in consumer technology, medical science, and basic industry. They found so many interesting ones along the way that ...
Sweeney is a contributor for TIME. Seconds matter when controlling blood loss after a traumatic injury. Every year, about 60,000 Americans die from hemorrhage. Brooklyn, New York-based Cresilon ...
2."Three-point seatbelt. It's saved over a million lives, and people use one every day without even thinking. It's so ...
Bowie’s staggeringly prophetic 1999 Newsnight interview revealed his astute awareness of how the internet was going to change ...
Harley-Davidson bikes with starring roles on the big screen include the Hydra Glide, Panhead, FXR, Fat Boy, and WLA Liberator ...
The U.S. Senate candidate from Maine seems like the embodiment of the dirtbag left. But there’s another way to understand his ...

The Age of De-Skilling

But the real puzzle isn’t whether de-skilling exists—it plainly does—but rather what kind of thing it is. Are all forms of de ...
Peter Howitt, Aghion’s long-time collaborator, gave this framework mathematical precision in their landmark 1992 paper A Model of Growth through Creative Destruction. They showed that firms’ pursuit ...