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You are approaching this like an established natural sciences field where old classics = good. This is not true for ML. ML is developing and evolving quickly.

Ask HN: What Are the Foundational Texts for Learning About AI/ML/NN?

ycombinator.com

Strategy can only be employed top-down, so it’s not a question of top-down versus bottoms-up. Instead it’s a question of whether to have strategy at all. Outside of small, slow-growing organizations that can use social pressure to enforce strategy, only top-down leadership (or groups wielding that delegated authority) are capable of enforcing a practice, which is necessary for an effective strategy.

Writing an Engineering Strategy.

lethain.com

Passion is a desire, insistence, and willingness to give a gift. The artist is relentless. She says, “I will not feel complete until I give a gift.” This is more than refusing to do lousy work. It’s an insistence on doing important work.

Linchpin

Seth Godin

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