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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford — Fritterin’ Away Genius
Scout ratingSCOUT· 27%36m·2021-05-14·History

Fritterin’ Away Genius

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 12

Claude Shannon was brilliant. He was the Einstein of computer science... only he loved "fritterin' away" his time building machines to play chess, solve Rubik's cubes and beat the house at roulette. If Shannon had worked more diligently - instead of juggling, riding a unicycle and abandoning project after project -…

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