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CS Colloquium | September 14, 2026

Nothing Here Will Last (Learn It Anyway): Why Temporary Knowledge Still Compounds

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Tim Doughty

Stevenson 1300
12:00 PM

Most of what you're learning will be obsolete within a decade, and it's still the best investment you'll make. Drawing on twelve years spanning data recovery, environmental sciences, and financial services, this talk uses three case studies to show why expiring knowledge compounds anyway, and how experience transfers between unrelated industries.