Pablos Holman: Nothing Was Ever Invented by Following the Directions

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Pablos makes the case that Inventors are our most important creative class. Pablos is a hacker, inventor, and bestselling author of Deep Future – Creating Technology that Matters, the indispensable guide to deep tech, and Managing Partner at Deep Future, investing in technologies to solve the world’s biggest problems. Previously, Pablos worked on spaceships at Blue Origin and helped build The Intellectual Ventures Lab to invent a wide variety of breakthroughs including a brain surgery tool, a machine to suppress hurricanes, 3D food printers, and a laser that can shoot down mosquitos – part of an impact invention effort to eradicate malaria with Bill Gates. Pablos hosts the Deep Future Podcast and is a top public speaker – his talks have over 30 million views.

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