Dr Michelle Dickinson, also known as Nanogirl, has been working on taking her passion for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to as many people as possible.
During covid, Dickinson was a key part of a team getting the word out about how to keep as safe as possible. For her efforts, she had her personal details published online and received threats.
Undeterred, she has spent years building up her business, demystifying tech for businesses, and promoting STEM as a career choice for young people across New Zealand and beyond.
But in the last year, cuts to funding of science initiatives across the country have left her concerned that fewer young people than ever will be given the resources, space and support to learn to love science.
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From the episode
- Fear of US recession rattles global markets as tech shares fall - The Guardian
- Magnificent Seven set to shed US$800 billion in value - Reuters
- Why Warren Buffett dumped 56% of Berkshire’s Apple stake - Forbes
- A CIO cancelled a Microsoft AI deal. The reason should worry the entire tech industry. - Business Insider
- Google Search Is an Illegal Monopoly, US Judge Rules - Wired
- The music industry is engineering artist popularity and listeners are right to be angry - The Guardian
- Is the music industry slowdown a crisis or a blip? - Bloomberg
- Why I finally quit Spotify - The New Yorker
- Nanogirl Labs
- AI Lifehacks with Dr Michelle Dickinson - YouTube
From around the web
- Salary pressures not AI vex developers - The New Stack
- AI is already straining electricity systems and we are just at the beginning - The Spinoff
- X to close flagship San Francisco office - The New York Times
- Letter: the secretaries of state from PA, WA, MI, NM, and MN ask Elon Musk to change X's Grok to stop the AI assistant from spreading false election information - The Washington Post
