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The Future Is Faster Than You Think
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It is worth noting that the book is authored by highly respected figures in the tech industry, including Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, who holds degrees in molecular genetics and aerospace engineering from MIT and is a Harvard-trained medical doctor. Dr. Diamandis is also a co-founder of XPRIZE, a renowned nonprofit organization that incentivizes breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity through public competitions
Convergence is not new - I think identifying the concept (again) and applying it to real world scenarios that are contemporary is interesting, and has brought me into thinking of new ideas on how I can apply information security principles in my daily work. Convergence is a natural result of creative minds taking the tools/principles/experiences people have at hand and bringing them together to make something new. Its like cooking - the movie Ratatouille was a good example of convergence in cooking :-)
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Interesting point about convergence, Nick. It relates to a topic that came up when the book club read Range by David Epstein. In Range, Epstein provided examples of innovation resulting from applying what may be common knowledge in one discipline to an entirely different field where it was novel. One example I remember was that of Roger Federer. He excelled at tennis not because he specialized (e.g. spending 10,000 hours of deliberate practice), but because he played a variety of different sports before eventually settling on tennis. That diversity of experience gave him a unique advantage by, for example, letting him move on the tennis court like a basketball player.
That said, it hasn't done much yet to shift my views or introduced new tools that I can apply at work. That may change as I finish the book, however, and it may change further when we discuss it. How has the material been landing with you? Any ah-ha moments or unanswered questions so far?