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Prabhakar Raghavan is an author of "Introduction to Information Retrieval", the definitive textbook on search at that time. This fact metaphorically depicts how sad this story is.

https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Information-Retrieval-Ch...



> This fact metaphorically depicts how sad this story is.

It also highlights how selective the information & context provided in the story is.


His authorship is mentioned in the story.


Yes, in the same sentence that says that his choosing the management track "definitely tracks with everything I’ve found about him".


And yet, two search engines failed under his tenure. Maybe those who can't do should stick to teaching.


I recently saved this book as it’s been recommended by a few people lately. Interesting




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