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John Maeda: A Life of Tech, Design and Computational Thinking

Danielle Newnham Podcast

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What's Your Favourite Bit About the Book?

I think there's a deep naivete around technologies today. I wrote the book to help anyone understand how artificial intelligence works. Why is a tech economy so different this time? It is not going away. So that's where the book exists. And you know, like you said there about it doesn't necessarily make a good leader. Whatever people complain about Steve Jobs, it's nearly always about the fact of his lack of empathy. He was utterly brilliant and he brought the best out in him. When you have a laser focus, it can be quite hard for the people that are around you. They are makers. We aggrandize that kind of maker in a way.

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