Main's Thematic Strategy White Paper
Mankind: The Problem-Solving Machine in an Exponential World
Have you ever heard the famous story about the invention of chess? When the king of India was presented with the game, he asked the inventor how he wanted to be rewarded. The inventor humbly asked for one grain of rice to be placed on the first square of the board, then two on the second square, four on the third square, and so on — doubling each time until the 64th square. The king immediately agreed, only to discover that by the time he reached the chessboard’s back half, it was more grain than the kingdom possessed. This exponential growth is similar to today’s growth in computing power. We are currently at the “back half of the chessboard” — surrounded by all kinds of technologies that are accelerating exponentially and changing our lives.
How has technological innovation and specialization impacted our lives, and what could it mean for the future? Read up on the interesting facts surrounding innovation, and how it’s central to our Thematic strategy.
