Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned
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Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned
Kenneth O. Stanley, Joel Lehman
5 people recommended it in 4 threads, 2016–2024.
1 commenter pushed back on it — worth reading the threads.
What people on Hacker News said
Even if there are tens of thousands of people working in an area like AI, most of them are just making incremental improvements to what already exists, so there could be an opening for independent people to do something interesting still.
Even though the book could be shorter and the idea is rather simple, it made me re-think how I search for ideas and how I decide what to work on.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: Any interesting books you have read lately? 2023 · 2 recommendations
- Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read? 2024 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What's the best book you read in 2021? 2021 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Books you read in 2016? 2016 · 1 recommendation