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Every young person (and plenty of non-young people), trying to strike gold and solve problems, is architecting themselves after a dominant personality of our field.
These archetypes equally modeled themselves off of someone else that inspired them. Steve was obsessed with Edwin Land, the founder of Polaroid. He would even take the “intersection of t... See more
These archetypes equally modeled themselves off of someone else that inspired them. Steve was obsessed with Edwin Land, the founder of Polaroid. He would even take the “intersection of t... See more
Reggie James • A Land Without Giants
This is how technology should work: starting with a human need, and a purpose, technology should extend outwards with the intent of expanding the human, not confining or reducing.
John Borthwick • Building bicycles for our minds
science unique to Japan. What exactly was meant by “Japanese” technology?
Hiromi Mizuno • Science for the Empire: Scientific Nationalism in Modern Japan
#6: DESIGN IN STACKS
Joi Ito • The Social Labs Revolution
Inside dynamic stabilization, numbers become the clearest measure of such growth that avoids decline and the risk of failure.
Andrew Root • The Congregation in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #3): Keeping Sacred Time against the Speed of Modern Life
Thriving in this environment required both engineering prowess and raw manpower:
Kai-Fu Lee • AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing:
Joi Ito • The Social Labs Revolution
Faced with any problem they had not directly experienced before, the remote villagers were completely lost.
(Journalist) David Epstein • Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
monozukuri—literally, “thing making.”