Jeff Bezos

I still enjoy it today.

I still enjoy it today.

I still enjoy it today.

I think the mathematical skill required today is so high. You have to be a world-class mathematician to be a successful theoretical physicist today. And it's not... You probably need other skills too. Intuition, lateral thinking, and so on. But without just... top-notch math skills, you're unlikely to be successful.

I think the mathematical skill required today is so high. You have to be a world-class mathematician to be a successful theoretical physicist today. And it's not... You probably need other skills too. Intuition, lateral thinking, and so on. But without just... top-notch math skills, you're unlikely to be successful.

I think the mathematical skill required today is so high. You have to be a world-class mathematician to be a successful theoretical physicist today. And it's not... You probably need other skills too. Intuition, lateral thinking, and so on. But without just... top-notch math skills, you're unlikely to be successful.

That's very kind. I'm an inventor. If you want to boil down what I am, I'm really an inventor. And I look at things and I can come up with,

That's very kind. I'm an inventor. If you want to boil down what I am, I'm really an inventor. And I look at things and I can come up with,

That's very kind. I'm an inventor. If you want to boil down what I am, I'm really an inventor. And I look at things and I can come up with,

atypical solutions and you know and then i can create a hundred such atypical solutions for something 99 of them may not survive you know scrutiny but one of those 100 is like hmm maybe there is maybe that might work and then you can keep going from there so that kind of lateral thinking um that kind of inventiveness in a high dimensionality space where the search space is very large.

atypical solutions and you know and then i can create a hundred such atypical solutions for something 99 of them may not survive you know scrutiny but one of those 100 is like hmm maybe there is maybe that might work and then you can keep going from there so that kind of lateral thinking um that kind of inventiveness in a high dimensionality space where the search space is very large.

atypical solutions and you know and then i can create a hundred such atypical solutions for something 99 of them may not survive you know scrutiny but one of those 100 is like hmm maybe there is maybe that might work and then you can keep going from there so that kind of lateral thinking um that kind of inventiveness in a high dimensionality space where the search space is very large.

That's where my inventive skills come. That's the thing I'm, if I self-identify as an inventor more than anything else.

That's where my inventive skills come. That's the thing I'm, if I self-identify as an inventor more than anything else.

That's where my inventive skills come. That's the thing I'm, if I self-identify as an inventor more than anything else.

It's such a good question, and... I honestly don't know how it works. If I did, I would try to explain it. I know it involves lots of wandering. So when I sit down to work on a problem, I know I don't know where I'm going. So to go in a straight line, to be efficient, efficiency and invention are sort of at odds. Because invention, real invention... Not incremental improvement.

It's such a good question, and... I honestly don't know how it works. If I did, I would try to explain it. I know it involves lots of wandering. So when I sit down to work on a problem, I know I don't know where I'm going. So to go in a straight line, to be efficient, efficiency and invention are sort of at odds. Because invention, real invention... Not incremental improvement.

It's such a good question, and... I honestly don't know how it works. If I did, I would try to explain it. I know it involves lots of wandering. So when I sit down to work on a problem, I know I don't know where I'm going. So to go in a straight line, to be efficient, efficiency and invention are sort of at odds. Because invention, real invention... Not incremental improvement.

Incremental improvement is so important in every endeavor and everything you do. You have to work hard on also just making things a little bit better. But I'm talking about real invention, real lateral thinking. That requires wandering. And you have to give yourself permission to wander. I think a lot of people, they feel like wandering is inefficient and like...

Incremental improvement is so important in every endeavor and everything you do. You have to work hard on also just making things a little bit better. But I'm talking about real invention, real lateral thinking. That requires wandering. And you have to give yourself permission to wander. I think a lot of people, they feel like wandering is inefficient and like...