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#782: Legendary Inventor Danny Hillis (Plus Kevin Kelly) — Unorthodox Lessons from 400+ Patents, Solving the Impossible, Real Al vs. “AI”, Hiring Richard Feynman, Working with Steve Jobs, Creating Parallel Computing, and Much More

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Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs. This is Tim Ferris. Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris Show, where it's my job to deconstruct world-class performers from all. different fields they could be. In military Entertainment. sports or otherwise. And my guest today fits the otherwise. Category. I have wanted to have Danny Hillis.

On the show. for many years now, probably four or five years. And He came up. With my friend.

Kevin Kelly. And I was with Kevin on two pilgrimage tours to Longstory, but we were walking and talking for long periods of time on different continents and And I asked him in both cases. Who would you suggest

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