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The right question:

“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.”
Naguib Mahfouz (Nobel Prize Winner). Denham Grey quotes this while explaining why the right questions matter. Via Emergic. Very true, answers can be obtained through deductions. Looking at all the current developments, deductive and repetitive tasks are being automated and inductive and design oriented tasks are what humans are doing. Design involves identifying the right questions and finding a solution within these constraints.

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