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In 1452 Johannes Gutenberg began selling Bibles from his new printing press, just when the development of rag processing was making paper more readily available. By the time Leonardo became an apprentice in Florence, Gutenberg’s technology had crossed the Alps into Italy. Alberti marveled in 1466 about “the German inventor who has made it possible, by certain pressings down of characters, to have more than two hundred volumes written out in a hundred days from the original, with the labor of no more than three men.”

Leonardo Da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

Without question, Skilling’s formidable intelligence had a lot to do with turning Enron into a company that was successful—at least for a while. But he also had qualities that were disastrous for someone running a big company. For all his brilliance, Skilling had dangerous blind spots. His management skills were appalling, in large part because he didn’t really understand people. He expected people to behave according to the imperatives of pure intellectual logic, but of course nobody does that (including, it should be said, Skilling himself).

The Smartest Guys in the Room

Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind

Through trial and error they created a mask with a clear plastic patch, which they call a "smile panel."

Western Grads' Lip-Reading Masks Will Put a Smile on Your Face | CBC News

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