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Richard Hamming: You and Your Research

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  • Mar 7, 1986
  • #Productivity
Richard Hamming
@RichardHamming
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This is a long speech by Richard Hamming, a Bell Labs computer pioneer. He says that knowledge and productivity are like compound interest. The more you know, the more you learn; th... Show More

This is a long speech by Richard Hamming, a Bell Labs computer pioneer. He says that knowledge and productivity are like compound interest. The more you know, the more you learn; the more you learn, the more you can do; the more you can do, the more the opportunity — it is very much like compound interest.

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A beautiful essay, I highly recommend reading it. It's ostensibly written for people who are in scientific research, but I think it applies across the board. It's just an old-timer essay on how to do great work. It reminds me of much of what Richard Feynman used to say, although I think Hemming has put it more eloquently than almost anywhere else I've seen.
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