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

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

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

I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life...

I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life...

We can't live any more in a world which is based on stuff and not...

We can't live any more in a world which is based on stuff and not...

An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we...

An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we...

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on...

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on...

I'm a human entropy producer.

I'm a human entropy producer.

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...

I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you...

I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not...

You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not...

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...

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

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

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...

My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I...

My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I...

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...