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E1: Doing meaningful work

The CS Primer Show

CHAPTER

The Importance of Playfulness

There's a playfulness that's also from what I've read of Shannon, Shannon. The way that Ken Thompson puts it, actually, this came up in the Königen book as well,. Like, what does that mean to be a workaholic with no objectives? He just shows up, he's having fun all the time. But he probably would say he's aware of the problems in the space. If you are reflective on the great problems and then give yourself this breathing room to be playful and let your subconscious come out, that's where that magic is happening.

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