221b: Da Vinci, Brevity, X-15, Ballomania, ThinkingDa Vinci If you want to be a “genius,” it starts with being more curious. No life illustrates this more than Leonardo da Vinci’s. He never intended to be a famous painter. He simply followed his curiosity and drew things along the way. His adventures included: drawing detailed…
221b: Curiosity, Phonautograph, Money, Bureaucracy, HistoryCuriosity In 1910, Thomas Edison created a controversial test as part of the application process to join his company. Though every applicant had passed college, Edmund Morris writes in Edison, only 4% passed the application “test.” The questions were leaked to the press because…
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