Pause for a moment and consider two scenarios:
- You have someone from 100 years ago, 50 years ago, and 25 years ago sitting at your table for a fika and you are explaining to them the Oculus, iPhone or even the internet. How would they react? Would the science fiction of their day allow them to calmly grasp the technology? Probably not, but maybe. So now then ask them HOW those technologies would work, and at some point, magic comes in to explain the unexplained parts.
- You have a table filled with computer scientists, hardware engineers, and PhDs in mathematics all explaining to you HOW they would make the Oculus, iPhone, and/or internet work. All I can say is, I hope you’re having some really strong coffee
I’m taking several awesome classes this semester that focuses on taking research and innovations from the hard science and medical schools here at Columbia and assessing their economic viability to create go-to market strategies. After sitting through several of these innovation presentations, I firmly believe that sometimes, letting the technology be treated as magic makes for a far more engaging story.
There’s probably no better explanation and demonstration of this than this week’s GIP video. Enjoy.
Check out what other things they’re working on at the Magic Lab.