Learning by Heart

How Do You Run a Company When You Can’t See Six Months Ahead? - with Axios CEO Jim VandeHei

Beyond The Prompt - How to use AI in your company, 16 September 2026. The book comes up at 30 min 11 sec in.

A host cites 'Learning by Heart' by sister Carita Kent as the source of a favourite quote about Charles Eames, in the context of discussing whether tasks should be eliminated before being automated. The host relays that Kent — who was close friends with Charles and Ray Eames — recounts Charles saying the primary question of design is not how something should look but whether it should exist at all.

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