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Einstein at the patent office - Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
The Influence of Bell Labs
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If anything besides sheer productivity defined Asimov, it was a thirst for knowledge. He simply never stopped learning, and with that attitude, he grew into a mental giant who was more than once accused of “knowing everything”: Nothing goes to waste, if you’re determined to learn.
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Young professionals view a short period of time at such firms as a form of “post-postgraduate” degree, and often leave for prime positions they could not have achieved as quickly by another route.
David H. Maister • Managing The Professional Service Firm
Bottom Level: Background Research We now dive from the top level of the pyramid to the bottom level, where we find my dedication to background research. Here’s my rule: Every week, I expose myself to something new about my field. I can read a paper, attend a talk, or schedule a meeting. To ensure that I really understand the new idea, I require mys
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Vannevar Bush wrote of a “scholar’s workstation” called a “Memex,” which was “a device in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility. It is an enlarged intimate supplement to his memory.”