Ben Wilson

It's a lot like How to Take Over the World, but it's specifically for and about great founders. The host, David Senra, does a great job. It's one of my favorite podcasts. He's actually got a couple of really good Edwin Land episodes. I say really good. To be honest, I haven't listened to them because I didn't want to bias myself and start repeating David in this episode.

It's a lot like How to Take Over the World, but it's specifically for and about great founders. The host, David Senra, does a great job. It's one of my favorite podcasts. He's actually got a couple of really good Edwin Land episodes. I say really good. To be honest, I haven't listened to them because I didn't want to bias myself and start repeating David in this episode.

but I'm sure they're great because every episode David produces is great. It's one of the few podcasts that I regularly listen to and I absolutely love it. It's required listening for every How to Take Over the World fan. So go give founders a listen wherever you get your podcasts. So this new camera that Land has in mind is such a technical hurdle that it takes decades to develop.

but I'm sure they're great because every episode David produces is great. It's one of the few podcasts that I regularly listen to and I absolutely love it. It's required listening for every How to Take Over the World fan. So go give founders a listen wherever you get your podcasts. So this new camera that Land has in mind is such a technical hurdle that it takes decades to develop.

He actually has a funny quote about this. He says, strangely, by the end of that walk in Santa Fe in 1943, the solution to the problem had been pretty well formulated. I would say that everything had been, except those few details that took from 1943 to 1973. Okay, that's 30 years. So that really sums it up. He had the vision, but it took him 30 years of brutal work to bring it to life.

He actually has a funny quote about this. He says, strangely, by the end of that walk in Santa Fe in 1943, the solution to the problem had been pretty well formulated. I would say that everything had been, except those few details that took from 1943 to 1973. Okay, that's 30 years. So that really sums it up. He had the vision, but it took him 30 years of brutal work to bring it to life.

At the same time, he gets involved in consulting with the government once again. He helps to develop cameras for spy planes and spy satellites to take pictures of Russia and get clearer pictures of their nuclear capabilities.

At the same time, he gets involved in consulting with the government once again. He helps to develop cameras for spy planes and spy satellites to take pictures of Russia and get clearer pictures of their nuclear capabilities.

It's really important and groundbreaking work, and it just shows his amazing capacity for work that he's able to do it at the same time that he's developing this revolutionary new camera that would be called the XR-70. It also shows his amazing vitality that he's able to do this now in his 50s and 60s. He's still able to maintain a flexible and innovative mind.

It's really important and groundbreaking work, and it just shows his amazing capacity for work that he's able to do it at the same time that he's developing this revolutionary new camera that would be called the XR-70. It also shows his amazing vitality that he's able to do this now in his 50s and 60s. He's still able to maintain a flexible and innovative mind.

He has a great quote about this that he told his Polaroid employees shortly before the launch of this new camera, the XR70. He says, young people are so full of natural faith in life And then their bodies grow old around them. The world, the literature, the church all teach us, all teach that you have to grow old, that you have to give up your dreams and ideals.

He has a great quote about this that he told his Polaroid employees shortly before the launch of this new camera, the XR70. He says, young people are so full of natural faith in life And then their bodies grow old around them. The world, the literature, the church all teach us, all teach that you have to grow old, that you have to give up your dreams and ideals.

And somehow all that teaching reaches you. And then you project back on yourself and on your friends and the idea. Oh yes, we must give up. We must grow older. We must become less than we are. I've had the good fortune sustained by all of you to be able to see that that simply need not be true.

And somehow all that teaching reaches you. And then you project back on yourself and on your friends and the idea. Oh yes, we must give up. We must grow older. We must become less than we are. I've had the good fortune sustained by all of you to be able to see that that simply need not be true.

You learn that far from growing older in the way the world would like you to grow old, you find yourself under better control. You find that you are sustained by the various friends. You find friends and colleagues who themselves grow younger with the passing years.

You learn that far from growing older in the way the world would like you to grow old, you find yourself under better control. You find that you are sustained by the various friends. You find friends and colleagues who themselves grow younger with the passing years.

What is extraordinary about Polaroid, unique I think, is that it is the only company that seems to have this capacity for self-regeneration. Okay? I love that. Growing old is optional. That's what Edwin Land believed. And he did somehow seem to grow younger. His ideas got even more innovative as time went on. He also has a great ability to see the big picture and how his inventions fit into it.

What is extraordinary about Polaroid, unique I think, is that it is the only company that seems to have this capacity for self-regeneration. Okay? I love that. Growing old is optional. That's what Edwin Land believed. And he did somehow seem to grow younger. His ideas got even more innovative as time went on. He also has a great ability to see the big picture and how his inventions fit into it.

He never gets too narrow-minded about what he's doing. Listen to what he says during his launch of the SX-70. And by the way, the quote from this product announcement is remarkable for how much it sounds exactly like like Steve Jobs. I think Steve really must have taken a cue from Edwin Land on how to do these product announcements because they sound like exactly the same. Here it is.

He never gets too narrow-minded about what he's doing. Listen to what he says during his launch of the SX-70. And by the way, the quote from this product announcement is remarkable for how much it sounds exactly like like Steve Jobs. I think Steve really must have taken a cue from Edwin Land on how to do these product announcements because they sound like exactly the same. Here it is.