April 18, 2015
Dr. Dave remembers working at the Tucson Racquet and Swim Club, where Arthur Ashe invited an overworked young Dr. Dave to sit down after delivering lunch, and where a remarkable racquetball professional seemed to be Dudley Do-Right brought to life. He and Evil Steve turn a dispute over television commercials into a durable lesson: life is difficult, so accept that reality, control the mental attitude and keep moving. Dr. Dave also explains the standards behind his technology advice—never become a fan of a company, test products on realistically borderline equipment and judge innovation by whether it improves a person's life rather than merely increasing a specification. Those principles lead naturally into Moore's Law and the engineer's apparently modest but powerful idea of making something exactly good enough for its real purpose.
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2 recordings · 106:02 total within this version.
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8 recordings · 95:08 total within this version.
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