Von Neumann's productivity at the Institute for Advanced Study contrasted sharply with Einstein and Gödel, who became unproductive there despite the ideal environment, whereas von Neumann invented whole new fields and birthed the modern computer there.
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“he was um bringing about the birth of the modern computer you know he had this project at the ias um to to uh bring a computer uh to them against you know it has to be said against the wishes of many of the ias staff”
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