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From the Editor's Desk Why we need a new kind of education: Imagination Studies | Aeon Essays We need a new kind of approach to learning that shifts imagination from the periphery to the foundation of all knowledge Continued here TradeBriefs: Newsletters for Decision-Makers! Our advertisers help fund the daily operations of TradeBriefs. We request you to accept our promotional emails. Want the newsletters, without the promotional mailers? Get an (ad-free) subscription to TradeBriefs Premium for just $2 per month. Access to premium content | No advertisement mailers Work Stacey Abrams to new grads: 'Be fearless' is the dumbest advice I've ever heard' Stacey Abrams returned to her alma mater, Spelman College, to deliver the commencement speech where she talked about embracing fear and learning from losses. Work Ultima Genomics raises $600m for $100 genome sequencing TechCrunch With sequencing reduced from a billion-dollar process to one you could get done monthly if you wanted to and have it covered by insurance, the biotech industry seems to be on the precipice of yet another data explosion, beyond the scale of the unprecedented one we are already in the midst of. With companies like Ultima multiplying data volumes, the next opportunity is likely to be not in production but management and utilization of this newly deepened sea of information. � � Work Forbes abandons plans to list via Spac Work Chronic pain why science has scant succour for one in five people A physician calls on the medical system to contextualize and personalize the treatment of pain. You Might Like � � � Work How fast you walk could be a sign of dementia (CNN)A slower walk as you age has always been a warning sign of increasing frailty that could lead to falls and other disabilities, experts say. 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Depending on the fund, each person could just go under the guise of “partner” and call it a day. Thomas was set to join the partner track at Precursor — she’s been leading deals there for 2 years — but she’s jumping ahead to start a career with her own investment autonomy and decision-making authority. Thomas will transition to a venture partner role at Precursor. She said that the role means she can stick to her recurring meetings with founders but declined to comment if she will be staying on Precursor’s payroll or what her financial relationship with the firm will look like. Work Student social good startups nab $95K in T-Mobile competition TechCrunch Just because folks like Jacqueline and Amelie aren’t yet quite at the Battlefield stage doesn’t mean we can’t applaud their initiative and insight. They do have one thing in common with many larger startups, however: a total lack of any plan for monetization. In this case however, that is probably a good thing. Work 4 ways to make your engineering team more productive TechCrunch Containers — democratized by Docker in the last decade — offer one way to reach reproducibility. But because their focus is on application portability, some argue that it’s not always the best approach for making development environments reproducible. Work Daily Crunch: Amazon will sunset Cloud Cam service in December, offers customers free Blink Mini TechCrunch Although year-over-year spending is projected to rise just 6.7%, “the need for experienced IT personnel has accelerated, and hiring demand in the space has reached the highest level we have ever seen,” writes Erik Bradley, ETR’s chief analyst. Work Is data observability recession-proof? TechCrunch That the addressable market for data observability is large is one thing. But it would be meaningless if target companies themselves weren’t seeing reliable data as a need. According to Moses, that’s increasingly the case in all kinds of sectors. 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Work Re-rethinking Databricks valuation in a more conservative startup market TechCrunch Now, at $1.0 billion in ARR, Databricks is worth 38x its annual recurring revenue. At $1.1 billion, 34.5x. That’s not a huge difference, mind, so no matter how you handicap the company’s recent growth, Databricks is worth around mid-to-high 30x its current top line. The question is how far from market reality that number is today. Work 8 IT spending trends for the post-pandemic enterprise in 2022 TechCrunch Interestingly, the energy sector, which is usually conservative in its IT spending, is showing the highest budget increase. Education shows the lowest projected IT spending. Vendors should consider shifting marketing budgets to target verticals that project higher expenditures. Work Depressed? This algorithm can tell from your voice tone TechCrunch They are not alone in this space. 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