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Op-Ed: We Need An X Prize For Nearly Everything

NPR | Nov. 09, 2012 11:34 a.m.

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In a piece in Wired magazine, Steven Johnson argues that incentivized competitions such as that for the X Prize are the key to spurring innovation in just about every field. Johnson, author of Future Perfect, talks about where the X Prize model could be applied.