- Biology, Philosophy, Goal (Philosophy), Artificial intelligence
Why does modern life revolve around objectives? From how science is funded, to improving how children are educated -- and nearly everything in-between -- our society has become obsessed with a seductive illusion: that greatness results from doggedly measuring improvement in the relentless pursuit of an ambitious goal.
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Spare, contemporary, cool and classical in form.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Kenneth O. Stanley
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 141
- Publisher
- Springer
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9783319155241
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