A Chat with IBM Fellow and Mad Scientist Extraordinaire, John Cohn

This is a podcast episode titled, A Chat with IBM Fellow and Mad Scientist Extraordinaire, John Cohn. The summary for this episode is: <p><strong>About John</strong>: John is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Fellow">IBM Fellow</a> at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Laboratory. Before that John was the Chief Scientist of IBM's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things">Internet of Things</a> division.  He received an undergraduate electrical engineering degree from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology">MIT</a>, and a Ph.D. from CMU. John is known for his thorough-going playful approach to work and his penetrating curiosity. He was the engineer scientist on the Discovery Channel TV show, "The Colony". John's presentation about electricity, entitled "Jolts and Volts", has been performed for more than 50,000 students worldwide, including performances at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_World">Walt Disney World</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Hall_of_Science">New York Hall of Science.</a> </p><p>John's take on the joy of science:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnjFgSvj3vU">Innovation through Play</a>       </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0DxmthvkKU">Engineering Paradise Rap</a> </p><p>What John's been reading:<br><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Insecurity-Message-Age-Anxiety/dp/0307741206">Alan Watts, "The Wisdom of Insecurity"</a><br><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Children-Playing-Before-Statue-Hercules/dp/074327394X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Children+Playing+before+a+statue+of+Hercules&amp;qid=1608245961&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1">David Sedaris, "Children Playing before a statue of Hercules"</a><br><a href="https://www.amazon.com/After-Vintage-International-Haruki-Murakami/dp/0307278735/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Haruki+Murakami%2C+%22After+Dark%22&amp;qid=1608245989&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1">Haruki Murakami, "After Dark"</a><br><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Where-Crawdads-Sing-Delia-Owens/dp/0735219095/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Delia+Owens%2C+%22Where+the+Crawdads+Sing%22&amp;qid=1608246019&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1">Delia Owens, "Where the Crawdads Sing"</a><br><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Skylight-Jos%C3%A9-Saramago/dp/0544570375/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Jose+Saramago%2C+%22Skylight%22&amp;qid=1608246042&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1">Jose Saramago, "Skylight"</a></p>