We're joined by Jon Gertner (author of THE IDEA FACTORY: BELL LABS AND THE GREAT AGE OF AMERICAN INNOVATION) and Jimmy Soni (author of A MIND AT PLAY: HOW CLAUDE SHANNON INVENTED THE INFORMATION AGE) to discuss our favorite "house of magic" - Bell Labs! 

Can Bell Labs ever be recreated? What would Claude Shannon think of ChatGPT? What can we learn about "doing great things" from Bell Labs?

Shownotes:

• Bell Labs - Wikipedia page
• Claude Shannon - Wikipedia page
• Get Back (Beatles documentary)
• The Idea Factory - Jon's book about Bell Labs
• A Mind At Play - Jimmy's book about Claude Shannon
• The Ice At The End of The World - Jon's latest book about the melting ice sheet in Greenland
• The Founders - Jimmy's latest book about Paypal
• Jon's website
• Jimmy's website 
• Charlie's short story about the "Voyager 3" space probe