[LINK] Neal Stephenson on getting big stuff done

[Webb, KerryA]

>
> Extraordinary talk by Neal Stephenson on how to counter anti-science and
> how we've stopped progressing technologically and what to do about it.
>
> http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/neal-stephenson-on-getting-big.html
>
> "I saw the greatest minds of my generation writing spam filters"
>

Extraordinary indeed.  I've seen some of the greatest minds teaching kids to read, driving disabled people to doctors' appointments etc.

Kerry
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