Walter Isaacson on the Innovative Genius

Ben Franklin, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs: their relentless curiosity and drive to create resulted in cornerstones of discovery and invention that continue to move our world forward.
Former CNN chairman and bestselling author Walter Isaacson discusses the genius of creativity that's exemplified by these three extraordinary men. What did they have in common? Where did their individuality and drive come from? Where does eccentricity end and genius begin? And can the world nurture creative geniuses of this caliber today?
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  • @nematullahnowrozi3264
    @nematullahnowrozi32644 жыл бұрын

    A genius biographer and speaker

  • @jtbcoaching
    @jtbcoaching2 жыл бұрын

    I loved his biography of Benjamin Franklin. I discovered Benjamin Franklin when I was reading the biography of Alexander hamilton since his name was mentioned a few times in it :)

  • @ttacking_you

    @ttacking_you

    2 жыл бұрын

    Franklin was the first true liberal , I'd say that's why he stands the test of time

  • @bonnierobinson8684
    @bonnierobinson86842 жыл бұрын

    What a wonderful presentation!

  • @guellordayambayo5001
    @guellordayambayo50012 жыл бұрын

    Awesome talk!

  • @markteague8889
    @markteague88895 жыл бұрын

    Franklin was a polymath in a way that none of the other subjects were. A biography of Mendel or Darwin might be interesting. Maybe difficult subjects to tackle from the standpoint of lack of material; at least, on the part of Mendel.

  • @dawveed84
    @dawveed849 жыл бұрын

    Great speaker

  • @hansvetter8653
    @hansvetter86532 жыл бұрын

    Einstein's failure was his speculation that the speed of light is a constant. Space does NOT have a speed limit!

  • @elizabethannegrey6285
    @elizabethannegrey62852 жыл бұрын

    Excellent speaker, fascinating content.

  • @heirofspinoza813
    @heirofspinoza8133 жыл бұрын

    Good talk about how being genius doesn’t always correlate to insecurity in one’s abilities. There isn’t a lot of truth in the idea that as you know more, you somehow gain humility

  • @Acoustic_Theory
    @Acoustic_Theory8 жыл бұрын

    No one will become the next Steve Jobs by trying to become like Steve Jobs. That's the sort of divine irony of it all.

  • @tanakattack5965

    @tanakattack5965

    8 жыл бұрын

    +rorybz what's funny is there are a lot of people, especially in marketing, trying to do just that. And A lot of them are failing horribly.

  • @pierrecarvalho6878

    @pierrecarvalho6878

    5 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely right. But being inspired by people like Steve Jobs will lead you to becoming one of them

  • @aliqazilbash5231
    @aliqazilbash52314 жыл бұрын

    Yh, chronology is important to me!

  • @TheContrariann
    @TheContrariann2 жыл бұрын

    12:37 "Its almost as bad as Microsoft machine" 🤣🤣🤣

  • @lisahyyppa3360
    @lisahyyppa33605 жыл бұрын

    Beauty in simplicity 🙏❤️🌈

  • @deangeloty5124

    @deangeloty5124

    3 жыл бұрын

    I know I'm kind of off topic but do anyone know of a good website to stream newly released tv shows online?

  • @markteague8889
    @markteague88895 жыл бұрын

    If someone commented upon being shown a circuit board I had designed that the components are not aligned in a linear fashion, I would immediately think, “This person has no knowledge of electric circuit theory / electronics.” There are situations when one needs to worry about the placement of components and how their electric fields might interact. But, it is definitely not so simple as just making sure that an array of chips are aligned.

  • @enriquerivas8578
    @enriquerivas85784 жыл бұрын

    This genius worship is the problem. Just enjoy your life, play with your socks 🧦, pet a rat, all will follow if you love ❤️😃

  • @c1p_x
    @c1p_x3 жыл бұрын

    am i late?

  • @davidwilkie9551
    @davidwilkie95517 ай бұрын

    The Calculus of Actuality Conception, reciprocation-recirculation i-reflection resonance in prime-cofactor shell-horizon logarithmic condensation-coordination reference-framing, quantization chemistry is a "half-truth" of WYSIWYG QM-TIME resonance, you only see the surface like the surface-landscape of Earth in proximity and the CMB in the maximum distance observable, floating in flat-space ground-state No-thing-defined vanishing point Singularity positioning. Clocks measure relative-timing ratio-rates Perspective Principle, Logarithmic Time Duration Timing modulation interference positioning, amplitude-frequency density-intensity resonance bonding chemistry and reciprocal wave-particle distance, seen as holography-quantization, so mass-energy-momentum continuous creation cause-effect connection, Eternity-now Interval Conception is what you see, not quite what you think you see, it's mono-dualistic continuous shell-horizons of Singularity-point Lensing Partitioning of prime-cofactor wave-packaging, I don't have enough mental practice to imagine the problem in terms of Superspin Calculus and expect the people who are reading SiFi to get the picture right by sense-in-common shared conscious awareness.

  • @samsand1295
    @samsand12953 жыл бұрын

    would the world be worse without steve jobs? For me the answer is no.

  • @SphyxGreifing

    @SphyxGreifing

    3 жыл бұрын

    I disagree. There would be no innovation in music players, computers, phones, animated films, and many more industries. You know in your heart bro. Stop the hate.

  • @pablokaufervinent8012

    @pablokaufervinent8012

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@SphyxGreifing Well of course there will be. He was a master perfectionist and drove other people, but he all the products his company marketed had been developed elsewhere. Were they better, probably. But all already existed. The pc, the ipod, the ipad, the smart phone, etc. Not one of those was developed by Apple first. Stop the cultish hero worship. This said, the world would probably be marginally worse, which is more than can be said of most persons. But to compare him to Einstein is a stretch to say the least.

  • @randyklinger7649
    @randyklinger76492 жыл бұрын

    This man is trying to make money, he offers information that are not facts, much fiction, don't waste your time!