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Explore the scientific patterns governing how knowledge moves and spreads across the globe in this 56-minute lecture by award-winning data visualization expert César Hidalgo. Discover through fascinating examples how scientific laws of time, space, and value enable us to map knowledge transfer in the 21st century, revealing why certain locations become innovation hotspots while others fail. Learn about the factors that sustain exponential growth in technologies like computers while others, such as Polaroid film production, disappear entirely. Examine case studies of successful innovation hubs including Silicon Valley and Beijing's Zhongguancun to understand what drives scientific and economic development. Gain insights from physicist César Hidalgo, a global leader in economic complexity, data visualization, and applied artificial intelligence who leads the Center for Collective Learning at the Toulouse School of Economics and Corvinus University of Budapest, as he demonstrates how understanding these knowledge transfer patterns can illuminate the emergence of hot and cold spots for innovation and growth worldwide.
