Albert Einstein

4 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Dec 11, 2018 by Adam Robinson · said 50 times in 21 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Dec 11, 2018
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Robinson: Changing Thinking Only Has Two Levers—Questions and Inspired Answers
“There are really only two ways you can change someone's thinking. You can either change the questions that person asks, or you can provide them with more inspired answers. Those are really only two levers.”
Adam Robinson Dec 11, 2018 ▶ 29:52 #47 Adam Robinson: Winning at the Great Game (Part 1)
Apr 16, 2019 positive
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Gross: Outsized success is catalyzed by scarce feedback from micro-influencers
“The thing that's scarce today are people who are kind of micro influencers to others Giving them positive feedback and catalyzing this loop that ends up creating everyone from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Elon Musk to, you know, Ramanujan or Albert Einstein.”
Daniel Gross Apr 16, 2019 ▶ 7:56 #56 Daniel Gross: Catalyzing Success
Oct 5, 2021 neutral
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Isaacson: Leonardo da Vinci and Albert Einstein Both Experimented on Why the Sky Is Blue
“And what amazed me when I saw that in Leonardo's notebooks was boom, it's in Einstein's notebooks. He writes, why is the sky blue? They both do experiments. Leonardo sprays water in the air and shines light through it. Einstein, you know, is using Lord Rayleig…”
Walter Isaacson Oct 5, 2021 ▶ 30:04 #121 Walter Isaacson: Curiosity Fuels Creativity
Apr 22, 2026 positive
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Brockman: Predicting Einstein's Next Words Requires Intelligence Equal to Einstein
“On the one hand, just predicting what comes next sounds like a pedestrian task, but if you really can predict the next word out of Einstein's mouth, you are at least as smart as Einstein.”
Greg Brockman Apr 22, 2026 ▶ 10:19 Ai Goes Parabolic | OpenAI Co-Founder Greg Brockman
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