The Kauffman Foundation’s Samuel Arbesman on his new book, The Half-Life of Facts.

This is an interview, Samuel Arbesman,the author of The Half-Life of Facts explains how population density and place matter in forming a creative economic workforce. Urban centers act as drivers of innovation and advancements and attract the more ambitious and daring workers. Additionally, this map on the expansion of the printing press (discussed in the interview) is also a great map to show how technological innovations can spur cultural diffusion.

Tags: technology, diffusion, urban, labor, migration, book review.

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