Twitter helps me stay informed on occasion. Today I was directed to Joel Runyon's blog about Russell Kirsch. Russell invented the first internally programmable computer.Joel didn't say whether Russell amassed a fortune. Evidently Russell didn't mention it either. You can expect a Harvard MBA (me) would worry about that! Joel didn't set out to find Russell Kirsch... evidently Russell found Joel working on his blog at a local coffee shop.
Best Russell Kirsch quote in the blog: "...nothing is withheld from us what we have conceived to do. Most people think the opposite..." Evidently there were only two people who believed that, to quote Russell again: "God and me, so I went out and did it."
Thank you Russell, for that inspiration. And thank you, Joel, for finding that fine man, for sharing his wisdom. Perhaps I should save this post, log off and make something!
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