No scientist before Leonardo had methodically shown how birds stay aloft. Most had simply embellished on Aristotle, who mistakenly thought that birds were supported by air the way ships were by water....
New ideas occur when a lot of random notions churn together until they coalesce.
NeXT computer. But gradually he was learning his lesson. In building devices like the iPod,
Mauchly and Eckert should be at the top of the list of people who deserve credit for inventing the computer, not because the ideas were all their own but because they had the ability to draw ideas fro...
Markkula replied that lasting companies know how to reinvent themselves. Hewlett-Packard had done that repeatedly; it started as an instrument company, then became a calculator company, then a compute...
Look, Steve, you’re my best friend, and Apple is your company. I’ll do whatever you want.
Leonardo at twenty-nine was more easily distracted by the future than he was focused on the present.
Laurene, Eve, Erin, and Lisa at the Corinth Canal in Greece, 2006: For young people, this
La Bella Principessa: The Story of the New Masterpiece by Leonardo Da Vinci.31
Kissinger’s main course was Principles of International Relations, which usually drew more than two hundred undergraduates enticed by his newfound humor and charisma. He started with Napoleon, dwelled...
Its leading thinkers embraced a Renaissance humanism that put its faith in the dignity of the individual and in the aspiration to find happiness on this earth through knowledge.
Its leading thinkers embraced a Renaissance humanism that put its faith in the dignity of the individual and in the aspiration to find happiness on this earth through knowledge. Fully a third of Flore...
It was not merely intelligence that she saw. Years later she liked to show off a
It is very important to note, however, that the theory of relativity does not mean that everything is relative. It does not mean that everything is subjective. Instead,
Instead he had a trait that was just as useful in promoting collaborative creativity and managing a team: he was decisive. More important, his decisiveness was based not on emotion or personal favorit...
Innovation is driven by people who have both good theories and the opportunity to be part of a group that can implement them. The
In the first 30 years of your life, you make your habits. For the last 30 years of your life, your habits make you.
In the annals of innovation, new ideas are only part of the equation. Execution is just as important.
In notes for his treatise on painting, Leonardo recommended to young artists this practice of walking around town, finding people to use as models, and recording the most interesting ones in a portabl...
In his logbook, Kline recorded, in a memorably minimalist notation, 22:30. Talked to SRI Host to Host. CSK.