E10: The magic of Bell Labs
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:
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
Creators and Guests
Host
Oz Nova
Learn computer science with me: async via https://t.co/7DJHcrvyg1 or live via https://t.co/3txqrpBkwi. Or, https://t.co/pDTuKaskQZ
Guest
Jimmy Soni
Author of THE FOUNDERS (https://t.co/jqG6ViCdhp), A MIND AT PLAY (https://t.co/TYwP6jVrUj), and ROME'S LAST CITIZEN (https://t.co/DFzIHMAQXS)
Guest
Jon Gertner
Writer for @NYTmag on science/innovation. Author, "The Idea Factory" and "The Ice at the End of the World.” Next book on NASA Voyager and longterm projects.
