The magic of Bell Labs

We're joined by Jon Gertner (author of THE IDEA FACTORY: BELL LABS AND THE GREAT AGE OF AMERICAN INNOVATION) and Jimmy Soni (author of A MIND AT PLAY: HOW CLAUDE SHANNON INVENTED THE INFORMATION AGE) to discuss our favorite "house of magic" - Bell Labs!

Can Bell Labs ever be recreated? What would Claude Shannon think of ChatGPT? What can we learn about "doing great things" from Bell Labs?

Shownotes:
* Bell Labs - Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs
* Claude Shannon - Wikipedia page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_...
* Get Back (Beatles documentary) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bea...
* The Idea Factory - Jon's book about Bell Labs: https://www.amazon.com/Idea-Factory-G...
* A Mind At Play - Jimmy's book about Claude Shannon - https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Play-Shan...
* The Ice At The End of The World - Jon's latest book about the melting ice sheet in Greenland: https://www.amazon.com/Ice-at-End-of-...
* The Founders - Jimmy's latest book about Paypal: https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Paypa...
* Jon's website: https://jongertner.net/
* Jimmy's website: https://jimmysoni.com/
* Charlie's short story about the "Voyager 3" space probe: https://f52.charlieharrington.com/sto...