The Roots of Progress

Video: Adam Wiggins on the history of industrial research labs

The Torch of Progress, Episode 13

Adam Wiggins, co-founder of Heroku, gave a talk for “The Torch of Progress” (the speaker series of Progress Studies For Young Scholars) on the history of industrial research labs like Edison’s lab, Bell Labs, and Xerox PARC, and how it inspired him to start his own research lab, Ink & Switch.

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