ABOUT THIS EPISODE
An interview with Nat Friedman, former CEO of GitHub and creator of the Vesuvius Challenge, which aims to crack the riddles of the Herculaneum Papyri.
In this episode:
- The Genesis of the Vesuvius Challenge
- Early Attempts to Open the Scrolls
- Using a Particle Accelerator to Scan the Scrolls!
- Partnering with Daniel Gross and Brent Seales
- Nat’s Childhood experience with Open-source Communities
- How to Design Prize Incentives for a Complex Contest
- Doing Crazy, Strange and Risky Projects
- A Possible Resurgence of Epicureanism?
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