SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Full News Archive

• Headline: The Rise of Crowdfunding in Entrepreneurship. Impact: The success of crowdfunding led to a world where every 'great idea' can solicit money from your aunt, your neighbor, and that guy you met at a bar. As a result, we now live in a reality where a potato salad can raise tens of thousands of dollars while actual scientists struggle to get funding.. Fact: Did you know that crowdfunding started off as a way for artists to get funded, but quickly turned into a platform for people to fund their potato salad dreams? Welcome to the future!.
• Headline: ‘Scream’ to Go on View at MoMA. Impact: The acquisition of 'The Scream' for a record sum ignited a frenzy of art speculation, leading to a world where every grandma with a painting in her attic thinks she’s sitting on a gold mine. Spoiler: she’s not.. Fact: Did you know that Edvard Munch actually painted several versions of 'The Scream'? Guess he was really into the whole 'existential crisis' thing!.
• Headline: One Day, Growing Spare Parts Inside the Body. Impact: The idea of growing spare parts in the body could ripple through time to create a future where humans are like vending machines for organs—just insert a quarter and out pops a new liver! Talk about a lucrative side business.. Fact: Did you know that the first human to grow a spare organ will probably be named something ridiculous like 'Organ-ic Man'? Because puns are inevitable..