“The Sherman tank wasn’t trying to win beauty contests. It was trying to win the war.” – Gapingvoid – Germany’s complex Tiger tanks impressed on paper but failed in the field, while America’s simple, reliable Shermans dominated through practicality and...
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“When people want to study 78rpm sound recordings as they were originally created, they go to libraries like the Internet Archive.” – Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive – The Internet Archive’s Great 78 Project, which digitizes historical 78rpm...
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“Polymaths may be setting the course of artificial intelligence going forward, and AI may even set the stage for a burst of polymath activity.” – Joe McKendrick – In today’s AI-driven world, the resurgence of polymaths—individuals adept across multiple disciplines—is...
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