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>Nassim Taleb summed this up for me: “3,000 years ago people were doing math on tablets. Now…people are doing math on tablets.” >If something withstands the te
by tomsun 11y ago
>Nassim Taleb summed this up for me: “3,000 years ago people were doing math on tablets. Now…people are doing math on tablets.”
>If something withstands the test of time, use it. Every leader learns from the past. Every leader uses the past as his filter to figure out what will succeed in the future.
I don't know if I can come up with a worse quote to prove that point even if I tried.
- jahnu 11y agoAnd at the same time... > It seems crazy, but it’s not. Because it seems crazy, it’s exactly why Twitter should consider it. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrazyEnoughToWork http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrazyEnoughToWork
- dbpokorny 11y ago> Now…people are doing math on tablets This just isn't true. Every once in a while you see a student trying one out, but the technology isn't there. People do math with notebooks and pencils.
- Retra 11y agoWell, probably nobody actually did math on tablets in ancient times either...
- Yetanfou 11y agoAh yes, the clayPad... Those Sumerian pirates caused more mayhem then they ever knew with their tablets... https://sites.google.com/site/theworldaccordingtoapple/ https://sites.google.com/site/theworldaccordingtoapple/ [2011 - place it in that context }