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Eureka! On the clustering of geniuses
- Silicon Valley is the canonical example of economic agglomeration. The knowledge of how to build, program, and operate computer components was a shared, scarce resource in the early 1960’s. Programmers and technicians often moved between companies, transferring best practices. This collaboration caused companies to release products with complementa... See more
from The Economic Role of Cities by Xing Quan Zhang
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- When you have extraordinary achievement it seems to come in clusters - Silicon Valley is an example of that...Silicon Valley is an ambition-raising machine because you see others doing more around you.
from Thoughts in Between: exploring how technology collides with politics, culture and society on Apple Podcasts by Tyler Cowen
Emilie Kormienko added
- With more remote and hybrid work, I think we probably have to be more thoughtful about creating connections — to new people and new ideas. I don’t think it means we can’t do it, but perhaps we can’t rely on water-cooler or photocopier serendipity to the extent we might have in the past.
Perhaps we can use tactics like the “Monday Notes” NASA employ... See morefrom "Communication Really Happens in the Carpool..." by David Epstein
Britt Gage added