An interview with Nat Friedman, former CEO of GitHub and creator of the Vesuvius Challenge, which aims to crack the riddles of the Herculaneum Papyri.

In this episode:

• The Genesis of the Vesuvius Challenge
• Early Attempts to Open the Scrolls
• Using a Particle Accelerator to Scan the Scrolls!
• Partnering with Daniel Gross and Brent Seales
• Nat’s Childhood experience with Open-source Communities
• How to Design Prize Incentives for a Complex Contest
• Doing Crazy, Strange and Risky Projects
• A Possible Resurgence of Epicureanism?

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