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Tim Ferriss · 2024-12-12

Legendary Inventor Danny Hillis — Solving the Impossible (Plus Kevin Kelly)

Legendary Inventor Danny Hillis — Solving the Impossible (Plus Kevin Kelly)

The guest's own work

BookBy the guest

Out of Control

Kevin Kelly

“I want to put in a plug for my very first book out of control which was about that entanglement”— Kevin Kelly
BookBy the guest

Patterns in the Stone

Danny Hillis

“sometime in the 90s I wrote a little book about how computers work patterns in the stone... a high school student that was interested in computers could understand it”— Danny Hillis

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

BookReferenced

The Wonderful Trip to the Mushroom Planet

Eleanor Cameron (inferred)

“it was like a juvenile science fiction book called the wonderful trip to the mushroom Planet but you know that was like brought me into this whole other world”— Danny Hillis
ProductReferenced

iPhone

Apple (inferred)

“then of course Apple came out with the iPhone and you know other people were working on it... it did a very beautiful job of pinch to zoom”— Danny Hillis
ProductReferenced

Macintosh

Apple (inferred)

“I got to work with Steve Jobs when he was first making the Macintosh... Steve wanted to make a custom chip for the Macintosh initially”— Danny Hillis