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If you say you want to automate cars and save people’s lives, the skills you need for that aren’t taught in any particular discipline. I know – I was interested in working on automating cars when I was a Ph.D. student in 1995.
Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.
I think as technologists we should have some safe places where we can try out new things and figure out the effect on society.
Many leaders of big organizations, I think, don’t believe that change is possible. But if you look at history, things do change, and if your business is static, you’re likely to have issues.
If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things. You’re excited to get up in the morning.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
Happiness is a state of mind. It's just according to the way you look at things.
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know life is a complex matter.
When you believe in a thing,believe in it all the way,implicitly and unquestionable.
I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.
We keep moving forward - opening up new doors and doing new things - because we're curious.
You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
