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New titles might not have increased his influence. By the start of the 1960s Baker was engaged in a willfully obscure second career, much like the one Mervin Kelly had formerly conducted, a career that ran not sequentially like some men’s—a stint in government following a stint in business, or vice versa—but simultaneously, so that Baker’s various
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In fact, most of these comrades who I gauged to be more brilliant than I have gone on to become distinguished mathematicians. Still, from the perspective of 30 or 35 years, I can state that their imprint upon the mathematics of our time has not been very profound. They’ve all done things, often beautiful things, in a context that was already set ou
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David C. Baker • The Business of Expertise: How Entrepreneurial Experts Convert Insight to Impact + Wealth
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It has since triggered a positive feedback loop. A significant part of the venture capital community has adopted Carlota’s system as the bedrock of their investment theses. In turn, investors echoing Carlota’s ideas in their day-to-day practices have had the effect of getting her even more interested in technology. As of now, Carlota has become one
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The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann
Paul Graham
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