'Information Wants To Be Free' is one of the prime directives of the Hacker Ethic. It stands against the gatekeeping of knowledge.

This week I visited ETH Zurich, Albert Einstein's alma mater. It's a Swiss university that has been doing science for over 150 years. Some notable breakthroughs are: simulating human organs on chips for medical research, AI for medicine, the discovery of a cool inner shell inside the Earth. I was there to see the place where they invented 3D printing for buildings. They even had an entire building built by robots.

I was speechless when I saw their digital fabrication research center. I was very impressed. I cried. It took me back to my workshop and all the things I would've wanted that workshop to be. I never managed to get there because of lack of funding.

You see, nobody asked for it. When you build stuff without anyone asking for it, it's probably only to feed your ego. When you manage to make a profit, many times it's because you left aside your ego.

Taking that thought further, one of this week's links is dedicated to business owners and managers. Look it up, help me out. Thank you.

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Ego versus Profit The war between the Monastery of Academia and the Markets that want to be Free. Read article

ETH Zurich Workshop Just a short video with research samples of new types of materials, assemblies and processes. See video

Quick Survey If you also have an inner struggle between your ego and your business or profession, you're the perfect person to answer these 5 questions. Take Survey

Coming back to Einstein, he was kind of a solid 7 student. He did not like the way they thought physics at ETH. He wanted to get a job there after graduation but they thought he wasn't good enough.

That's cute.

So are you.

Now take my survey. If you think you're not the right person to answer the 5 questions, send it to someone you think might benefit from it - Information Wants To Be Free.

Thanks for reading <3