Tech with Mak
@techNmak · Aug 21, 2026
In 1948, a 32-year-old at Bell Labs published a paper nobody fully understood.
Engineers found it too mathematical. Mathematicians found it too engineering-focused. One prominent mathematician reviewed it negatively.
That paper - "A Mathematical Theory of Communication", became
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
He was awesome
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