Southwest Airlines "Nerd Bird" from Silicon Valley
As the official airline of Dent the Future, our friends at Southwest Airlines are proud to announce that Dent attendees coming to Sun Valley for Dent from the Bay Area can snag a free flight from Oakland at 9:00 a.m. on March 23 and returning on the afternoon of either March 27th or 28th.
Five Minds that will Dent the Future: A Q&A with Dr. Howard Gardner
Dr. Howard Gardner, a professor of cognitive science and education at Harvard, is probably best known for his theory of multiple intelligences. In lieu of a one-size-fits-all IQ standard, Dr. Gardner posited in his 1983 book Frames of Mind that there are eight major categories of intelligence
Putting a Dent in the Future with Relatable Objects
Here at Dent HQ, our favorite relatable machine is by far Brent Spiner's legendary android Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation. With a positronic brain and thousands of minute servos in his face and neck, Mr. Data mimicked human thought, facial expressions, and body language.
The Most Powerful Motivator: Putting a Dent in Modern Expectations of Love
When people say that love is the best motivator, I’m quite inclined to believe them.The best boss I ever had motivated me with love. I didn’t join his team, work hard for him, and stick around because he paid me well or commanded a certain distant respect.
The Dent Podcast: Bre Pettis on The 3D Printing Revolution
Bre Pettis is the co-founder and CEO of MakerBot Industries, a company that produces and sells 3D printers that you can take home, put on your desk, and covet
Solving Problems The Square Way
Not long ago, Square CEO Jack Dorsey challenged his team to create a solution for accepting payments at Starbucks, which the mobile-payments company had partnered with in August.