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Published · transcript-backedMichael Nielsen: recommendation
29 May 2024 Conversations with Tyler Michael Nielsen on Collaboration, Quantum Computing, and Civilization's Fragility
“I think that’s why it’s very important not to have people who work for you — lots of 70-year-old physicists have 23-year-old students — but actually to have 23-year-olds, 28-year-olds who you really learn from and you regard as your mentors.”
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- Michael Nielsen
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- recommendation
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- 29 May 2024
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Yes, but what’s your best theory? What I think is probably the case — it’s almost a network effect. Basically, if there is some slight downhill slide, and most of your friends are not quite at the edge anymore, that’s going to infect you. If you still have mentors who are 25, 28, extremely active, and they’re active in the latest ways, you get to partake of the positive network effects. I think that’s why it’s very important not to have people who work for you — lots of 70-year-old physicists have 23-year-old students — but actually to have 23-year-olds, 28-year-olds who you really learn from and you regard as your mentors. Holding constant your degree of power and influence, what’s the best way to attract younger mentors?…
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