The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.While physicist Richard Feynman was talking about NASA's unwillingness to face facts about the Challenger disaster, he could have been talking about technology entrepreneurship. Reality eventually trumps marketing, and it always will. In other words, Feynman remains as current, as wise, and as readable as ever.
-- Richard Feynman, Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
This Saturday we will be just shy of 20 years since the death of physicist Richard Feynman. I am a tireless fan of Feynman, of his skepticism, eclecticism, playfulness, not to mention his general unwillingness to conform to preconceived notions of orthodox behavior. If you haven't read his books, you're in for a treat, so start here, and keep on going.
For now, however, watch this wonderful video of Feynman, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out:
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