Creative Destruction

There's no way to hold solar energy at night... or is there?

Blockbuster went bankrupt in 2010 and Netflix is now a $28 billion dollar company, about ten times what Blockbuster was worth.

From declining foot traffic to the rise of ecommerce, countless stores have permanently closed their doors for a number of reasons.

Sears changed the way Americans buy consumer goods, its dominance of the retail landscape lasting for nearly a century. But the competencies needed to thrive in retail changed a few decades ago, and Sears failed to adapt — losing more and more ground to its rivals Walmart and Amazon.

A brief podcast that highlights the concept of "creative destruction."

It’s a stick with bristles poking out of it. It doesn’t even qualify as a simple machine, but the careful thought and design that went into the creation of the modern, angled bristle, fat handled toothbrush shows just how much brainpower goes into something that is designed to simply work well and not be noticed all that much (until it’s time to buy the next one).

What was the greatest invention of the industrial revolution? Hans Rosling makes the case for the washing machine.