#95 A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age

What I learned from reading A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age by Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman

Claude Shannon trained a powerful intellect on topics of deep interest, and continued to do so beyond the point of short term practicality [0:25]

Upgrade to the Misfit feed [3:10]

Insulated from opinion of all kinds [9:35]

A simple way to describe the impact of information theory [13:09]

Resourceful at a young age [14:39]

An ordinary childhood [15:50]

Follow your natural drift [16:41]

Too many facts; too few...