95 Claude Shannon — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2019-10-27
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“The person he idolized the most was Thomas Edison, which kind of makes Shannon's, uh, lifelong desire to spend most of his…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: product.
Focus
“Um, something I also wanna bring to your attention, uh, that I don't think I've done a good job of, like, understanding…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: focus.
People
“I think, uh, when you, when you study like the, the regrets of people near, near the end of their life, they're…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: people.
Persistence
“And I think that's especially hard, and I'm speaking from my own personal experience, like especially hard in today's age, where we…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: persistence.
Capital
“He's just like, "I, I turned down business opportunities I, I was certain to make a lot of money on because, one…”
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