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Artificial intelligence
fromFortune
5 days ago

I left consulting to begin teaching at Dartmouth right before the release of ChatGPT. Disruption is always messy-and there's always a twist | Fortune

AI disruption will follow historical patterns: unpredictable in specifics, often emerging from unexpected markets, requiring adaptation and new use cases for adoption.
fromFast Company
3 months ago

Why good teams beat good ideas

Despite conventional wisdom that associates great inventions with lone geniuses, breakthrough inventions are team efforts. Incandescent light bulbs existed before Edison was born. His patent built on prior versions of the light bulb, aiming to make it practical and affordable. Even then, it wasn't a solo achievement-Edison collaborated with a team of skilled collaborators, known as the "Muckers," whose contributions have largely faded from memory. Yet it was Edison's name on the patent, and that's the version of history that stuck.
Psychology
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