Ben Wilson

How to take over the world.

How to take over the world.

Edwin Land was on his regular family vacation to Santa Fe, New Mexico. He had just snapped a picture of his daughter when she asked him a question that would change history forever. Why can't I see it now? Most parents would have given a flippant answer. That isn't how cameras work. That isn't how the world works.

Edwin Land was on his regular family vacation to Santa Fe, New Mexico. He had just snapped a picture of his daughter when she asked him a question that would change history forever. Why can't I see it now? Most parents would have given a flippant answer. That isn't how cameras work. That isn't how the world works.

But Edwin Land wasn't most people, and he fell silent as he repeated the question in his head over and over. Why can't she see it now? It was one of those eureka moments. Immediately, Land knew there was something there. Go with your mother, he told her. I need to think. It was a brisk but beautiful winter day with an inch of snow on the ground. He started walking around.

But Edwin Land wasn't most people, and he fell silent as he repeated the question in his head over and over. Why can't she see it now? It was one of those eureka moments. Immediately, Land knew there was something there. Go with your mother, he told her. I need to think. It was a brisk but beautiful winter day with an inch of snow on the ground. He started walking around.

His family might have been a million miles away for all he cared. He was turning the question and the solution over in his mind. Land was already a successful businessman and inventor, and he had recently been working on a couple of inventions for the military that involved film and photography. So he had the technical knowledge to sketch out a plan in his mind.

His family might have been a million miles away for all he cared. He was turning the question and the solution over in his mind. Land was already a successful businessman and inventor, and he had recently been working on a couple of inventions for the military that involved film and photography. So he had the technical knowledge to sketch out a plan in his mind.

And by the end of the walk, he had the broad outline. The Polaroid camera was already being born in his brain. I love that story because I think it illustrates something important about Edwin Land and about invention. I think it shows that a life of science and research is not incompatible with an adventurous and exciting life.

And by the end of the walk, he had the broad outline. The Polaroid camera was already being born in his brain. I love that story because I think it illustrates something important about Edwin Land and about invention. I think it shows that a life of science and research is not incompatible with an adventurous and exciting life.

In his time, Edwin Land built not just cameras and polarized materials, but spy planes, rockets, projectors, and more. He felt that scientists should embrace a sense of, quote, delight and adventure. And he decried what he called the cold formalism of modern science. He described research as a, quote, search for beauty in addiction and a necessity.

In his time, Edwin Land built not just cameras and polarized materials, but spy planes, rockets, projectors, and more. He felt that scientists should embrace a sense of, quote, delight and adventure. And he decried what he called the cold formalism of modern science. He described research as a, quote, search for beauty in addiction and a necessity.

After one demonstration of a new technology, one questioner repeatedly questioned the marketability of his new invention. Land snapped back at him. He said that this obsession with money needed to end. Quote, put an end to this phony nonsense of industrial structure. It turns off young people. The only thing that matters is the bottom line. What a presumptuous thing to say.

After one demonstration of a new technology, one questioner repeatedly questioned the marketability of his new invention. Land snapped back at him. He said that this obsession with money needed to end. Quote, put an end to this phony nonsense of industrial structure. It turns off young people. The only thing that matters is the bottom line. What a presumptuous thing to say.

The bottom line's in heaven. The real business of business is building things. So today we are talking about Edwin Land, the founder of Polaroid and a great man, a man who saw the beauty and adventure of building new things. Welcome to How to Take Over the World.

The bottom line's in heaven. The real business of business is building things. So today we are talking about Edwin Land, the founder of Polaroid and a great man, a man who saw the beauty and adventure of building new things. Welcome to How to Take Over the World.

Hello, and welcome to How to Take Over the World. This is Ben Wilson. Today, we are talking about Edwin Land, the great scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur. I came to learn about Edwin Land because he was one of the major heroes of Steve Jobs. Steve actually said that he is the ideal that most people should pursue. He said, speaking of Land, quote, "'The man is a national treasure.

Hello, and welcome to How to Take Over the World. This is Ben Wilson. Today, we are talking about Edwin Land, the great scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur. I came to learn about Edwin Land because he was one of the major heroes of Steve Jobs. Steve actually said that he is the ideal that most people should pursue. He said, speaking of Land, quote, "'The man is a national treasure.

"'I don't understand why people like that "'can't be held up as models. "'That is the most incredible thing to be. "'Not an astronaut, not a football player, but this.'" So I thought, if Steve thinks he is so great, then he's worth learning about. And sure enough, I loved this story. And I learned so much from it.

"'I don't understand why people like that "'can't be held up as models. "'That is the most incredible thing to be. "'Not an astronaut, not a football player, but this.'" So I thought, if Steve thinks he is so great, then he's worth learning about. And sure enough, I loved this story. And I learned so much from it.