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Neil Gershenfeld
Neil Gershenfeld

Neil Gershenfeld is a renowned American professor born on December 1, 1959. He holds a professorship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he focuses on research in the fields of manufacturing, design, and engineering. Gershenfeld is known for his contributions to digital manufacturing and microfabrication. more

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“To err is to wander, and wandering is the way we discover the world; and, lost in thought, it is also the way we discover ourselves. Being right might be gratifying, but in the end it is static, a mere statement. Being wrong is hard and humbling, and sometimes even dangerous, but in the end it is a journey, and a story.”

“If we have goals and dreams and we want to do our best, and if we love people and we don’t want to hurt them or lose them, we should feel pain when things go wrong. The point isn’t to live without any regrets, the point is to not hate ourselves for having them… We need to learn to love the flawed, imperfect things that we create, and to forgive ourselves for creating them. Regret doesn’t remind us that we did badly — it reminds us that we know we can do better.”