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E10: The magic of Bell Labs
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We're joined by Jon Gertner (author of THE IDEA FACTORY: BELL LABS AND THE GREAT AGE OF AMERICAN INNOVATION) and Jimmy Soni (author of A MIND AT PLAY: HOW CLAUDE SHANNON INVENTED THE INFORMATION AGE) to discuss our favorite "house of magic" - Bell Labs!
Can Bell Labs ever be recreated? What would Claude Shannon think of ChatGPT? What can we learn about "doing great things" from Bell Labs?
Shownotes:
- Bell Labs - Wikipedia page
- Claude Shannon - Wikipedia page
- Get Back (Beatles documentary)
- The Idea Factory - Jon's book about Bell Labs
- A Mind At Play - Jimmy's book about Claude Shannon
- The Ice At The End of The World - Jon's latest book about the melting ice sheet in Greenland
- The Founders - Jimmy's latest book about Paypal
- Jon's website
- Jimmy's website
- Charlie's short story about the "Voyager 3" space probe
25 episodes
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We're joined by Jon Gertner (author of THE IDEA FACTORY: BELL LABS AND THE GREAT AGE OF AMERICAN INNOVATION) and Jimmy Soni (author of A MIND AT PLAY: HOW CLAUDE SHANNON INVENTED THE INFORMATION AGE) to discuss our favorite "house of magic" - Bell Labs!
Can Bell Labs ever be recreated? What would Claude Shannon think of ChatGPT? What can we learn about "doing great things" from Bell Labs?
Shownotes:
- Bell Labs - Wikipedia page
- Claude Shannon - Wikipedia page
- Get Back (Beatles documentary)
- The Idea Factory - Jon's book about Bell Labs
- A Mind At Play - Jimmy's book about Claude Shannon
- The Ice At The End of The World - Jon's latest book about the melting ice sheet in Greenland
- The Founders - Jimmy's latest book about Paypal
- Jon's website
- Jimmy's website
- Charlie's short story about the "Voyager 3" space probe
25 episodes
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