[larkeith]

There's a reason Arthur C Clarke's short story Superiority was once required reading at MIT [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superiority_(short_story)

[Aloha]

http://www.mayofamily.com/RLM/txt_Clarke_Superiority.html

Link to the story online.

[ddalex]

EU would like to have a word with you.

[Aloha]

Me, the person who put it online, or both of us?

[cheeze]

According to the Wikipedia article, it was required reading for a specific course, no?

[ghotli]

I had never been exposed to this. great read. thanks

[nerpderp83]

This was actually a case study from when Clarke was an MBA intern at Google.

[Latteland]

I'm pretty sure the sci fi write Clarker was never an MBA intern at Google, He'd have been 73 in 2000. Plus he was a scientist, now a biz person.

[bscphil]

I'm sure GP was joking.

>because of its own organizational flaws and its willingness to discard old technology without having fully perfected the new.

[hessart]

Maybe.

[Latteland]

I meant "not a biz person", instead of 'now a biz person', but I can't edit the original posting.