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Brian Eno

I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function.

Brian Eno

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Brian Eno is saying that engineers are trained to understand things mainly by focusing on how something works and then practicing that specific task. This approach made it difficult for him to communicate or collaborate with them because their thinking was centered around function rather than other perspectives.

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