The road less traveled is often rife with opportunity. Neuroscientist Eleanor Maguire's signature study of the hippocampus shed light on the brain's muscle memory and on its ability to grow and change over time. Maguire's research challenged long-held beliefs in the brain's finite capacity. Her pivotal research also changed the collective understanding of memory from merely retaining past stories to storing lessons that serve as guideposts for the future. Her groundbreaking work inspired AI researcher Demis Hassabis, who later became her protege and the eventual cofounder and CEO of Google DeepMind, to seek her out as his doctoral adviser. Silicon Valley investor Richard Kramlich wasn't one to bet on a sure thing. One of his biggest gambles was on two tech entrepreneurs'Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak'who didn't have a top-performing computer company yet, but it sure became one. Yet another gamble paid off when the fearless investor backed a start-up with a little-known software that...
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