Episode
#080 - Stephen Wolfram - The At Home CEO
1:12:29
Published: Thu Jun 13 2019
Description
Stephen Wolfram is the founder and CEO of the software company Wolfram Research. What happens when you track every email, every keystroke, every mouse movement and every project for 30 years? Today we find out the productivity strategies, personal infrastructure and tracking analytics from the man behind Wolfram Language and Wolfram Alpha - the answer engine which powers Siri & Alexa. Extra Stuff: Wolfram Alpha - https://www.wolframalpha.com/ Follow Stephen on Twitter - https://twitter.com/stephen_wolfram Seeking The Productive Life - https://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-productive-life-some-details-of-my-personal-infrastructure/ Stephen's Personal Analytics - https://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2012/03/the-personal-analytics-of-my-life/ Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact
Chapters
Stephen Wolfram, founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, discusses his approach to productivity and personal analytics, including how he has tracked every email, mouse movement, and keystroke over the past 30 years.
00:00 - 02:35 (02:35)
Summary
Stephen Wolfram, founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, discusses his approach to productivity and personal analytics, including how he has tracked every email, mouse movement, and keystroke over the past 30 years.
Episode#080 - Stephen Wolfram - The At Home CEO
PodcastModern Wisdom
The speaker describes his approach to turning ideas into real things by thinking in public and working with a team instead of isolating himself.
02:35 - 10:21 (07:46)
Summary
The speaker describes his approach to turning ideas into real things by thinking in public and working with a team instead of isolating himself. He believes this approach makes the work feel more meaningful to him.
Episode#080 - Stephen Wolfram - The At Home CEO
PodcastModern Wisdom
The speaker shares a matrix system that he uses to optimize work dynamics and cut down on posturing, which often results in a smoother and more effective work environment.
10:21 - 18:47 (08:25)
Summary
The speaker shares a matrix system that he uses to optimize work dynamics and cut down on posturing, which often results in a smoother and more effective work environment. The matrix system helps to align tasks and expectations, reducing the need for office politics and unnecessary posturing.
Episode#080 - Stephen Wolfram - The At Home CEO
PodcastModern Wisdom
The CEO of Roam Research shares his personal productivity hacks.
18:47 - 30:09 (11:22)
Summary
The CEO of Roam Research shares his personal productivity hacks. One of them is to have a desk with limited surface space to minimize the accumulation of objects and piles of stuff – a “stagnation point.”
Episode#080 - Stephen Wolfram - The At Home CEO
PodcastModern Wisdom
The speaker discusses the evolution of his computer file system and the benefits of writing longer pieces as opposed to shorter ones.
30:09 - 37:27 (07:18)
Summary
The speaker discusses the evolution of his computer file system and the benefits of writing longer pieces as opposed to shorter ones. They also mention a sleep clock they have created using Wolfram language code.
Episode#080 - Stephen Wolfram - The At Home CEO
PodcastModern Wisdom
The speaker emphasizes the importance of picking projects that are optimized for an individual's skills and interests, even if some may not find it thrilling or exciting.
37:27 - 46:14 (08:47)
Summary
The speaker emphasizes the importance of picking projects that are optimized for an individual's skills and interests, even if some may not find it thrilling or exciting. Time invested in such projects often leads to a better understanding of the work and greater success in achieving the end goal.
Episode#080 - Stephen Wolfram - The At Home CEO
PodcastModern Wisdom
The guest speaker talks about the philosophy that emerges from past experiences when working on complex coding or mathematical projects and how it resembles more of an artist's or musician's ideology.
46:14 - 52:54 (06:39)
Summary
The guest speaker talks about the philosophy that emerges from past experiences when working on complex coding or mathematical projects and how it resembles more of an artist's or musician's ideology.
Episode#080 - Stephen Wolfram - The At Home CEO
PodcastModern Wisdom
Computational contracts will lead to an increase in the number of contracts due to the decrease in friction for contract-writing.
52:54 - 1:09:49 (16:54)
Summary
Computational contracts will lead to an increase in the number of contracts due to the decrease in friction for contract-writing.
Episode#080 - Stephen Wolfram - The At Home CEO
PodcastModern Wisdom
The creator of Wolfram Alpha discusses his thought process in developing the program and how understanding the philosophical principle of computational equivalence helped bring it to life.
1:09:49 - 1:12:15 (02:26)
Summary
The creator of Wolfram Alpha discusses his thought process in developing the program and how understanding the philosophical principle of computational equivalence helped bring it to life.