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I watched the movie Man on Wire recently. It traced the path of a French man, from the moment he first saw the Twin Towers in a newspaper, to the moment that he strung an illegal wire between them and walked across it. Afterwards he was arrested. People were appalled, excited and confused. He’d done [...]

10 Sep, 2009

Idea vs. Execution

Posted by: admin In: Automation| Philosophy| Skill acquisition

Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. The tale goes that when asked how he persevered after failing so many times, he responded by saying that he hadn’t failed, he’d just found 1,000 ways that didn’t work.
So how do you know when you have a good idea, and execution is  your problem? And how do you [...]


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