Genius Makers : The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook and the World written by Cade Metz is a technology correspondent with The New York Times, covering artificial intelligence, driverless cars, robotics, virtual reality, and other emerging areas.
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He first injured his back as a teenager,while lifting a space heater for hismother. As he reached his late fifties, he couldn't sit down without risking a slipped disk, and if it slipped, the pain could put him in bed for weeks.So he stopped sitting down.
He used a standing desk inside his office at the University of Toronto.When eating meals, he put a small foam pad on the floor and knelt at the table,poised like a monk at the altar. He lay down when riding in cars, stretching across the back seat.
And when traveling longer distances, he took the train. He couldn't fly, at least not with the commercial airlines, because they made him sit during takeoff and landing. "It got to the point where I thought I might be crippled-that I wouldn't be able to make it through the day-so I took it seriously,"he says. "If you let it com pletely control your life, it doesn't give you any problems."
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Cade Metz is a technology correspondent with The New York Times, covering artificial intelligence, driverless cars, robotics, virtual reality, and other emerging areas. Previously, he was a senior staff writer with Wired magazine. He works in The New York Times' San Francisco bureau and lives across the Bay with his wife Taylor and two daughters
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