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#51 - There's an Art to Getting Brilliant People to Surprise Themselves - Kevin Slavin of The Shed

#51 - There's an Art to Getting Brilliant People to Surprise Themselves - Kevin Slavin of The Shed

Y Combinator Startup Podcast
Dec 6, 2017 1h 3m
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/slavin_fpo">Kevin Slavin</a> is the Chief Science and Technology Officer of&nbsp;<a href="https://theshed.org/">The Shed</a>, which is an art center in New York that’s opening in 2019.<br><br>Before The Shed, Kevin founded the Playful Systems group at MIT's <a href="https://www.media.mit.edu/">Media Lab</a>.<br><br>He also gave a TED talk in 2011 called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENWVRcMGDoU">How Algorithms Shape Our World</a>.<br><br>The YC podcast is hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigCannon">Craig Cannon</a>.</p>

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