An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we make this part of the way we live and work, it will change the way we live and work.

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As we move towards 8 or 10 billion people on the planet, there's a little...

As we move towards 8 or 10 billion people on the planet, there's a little...

My biggest failure is I have too many to talk about.

My biggest failure is I have too many to talk about.

Sometimes we crash and burn. It's better to do it in private.

Sometimes we crash and burn. It's better to do it in private.

I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's.

I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's.

The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle.

The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle.

I'm a human entropy producer.

I'm a human entropy producer.

I started realizing that I wasn't so dumb; rather, most people simply didn't know the...

I started realizing that I wasn't so dumb; rather, most people simply didn't know the...

Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional...

Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional...

People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds...

People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds...

There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of...

There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of...

To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million...

To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million...

New ideas in technology are literally a dime-a-dozen, or cheaper than that.

New ideas in technology are literally a dime-a-dozen, or cheaper than that.

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my...

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my...

A patent, or invention, is any assemblage of technologies or ideas that you can put...

A patent, or invention, is any assemblage of technologies or ideas that you can put...

I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the...

I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the...

Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live...

Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live...

If you're going to fail, you might as well fail at the big ones.

If you're going to fail, you might as well fail at the big ones.

If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.

If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.

I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that...

I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that...

In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the...

In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the...