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Edison’s genius lay in making new inventions work, or in making existing inventions work better than anyone had thought possible. But how they worked was to Edison less important.
Jon Gertner • The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
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One of the first humans to release such creatures into the datasphere ocean was named Tom Ray
Dan Simmons • Rise of Endymion
In 2011 Cowen published a digital pamphlet in which he argued that since the 1973 oil-price shock, America had experienced a hidden crisis of lost growth that would be resolved only by the development of new technology. He called this period the “Great Stagnation”, and he proposed a cultural solution rather than an economic one: raise the social... See more
archive.ph • Tyler Cowen, the Man Who Wants to Know Everything
Art historian Sarah Lewis studies creative achievement, and described Geim’s mindset as representative of the “deliberate amateur.”
(Journalist) David Epstein • Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Andy Grove’s quantum leap was to apply manufacturing production principles to the “soft professions,” the administrative, professional, and managerial ranks. He sought to “create an environment that values and emphasizes output”
John Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
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