I'm a father to four kids, so it bothers me that even though our children think big naturally, our society systematically trains them out of thinking that way.
From Astro Teller
If you don't have a tonne of optimism, you're not going to make it... you won't be able to evangelise to everyone else. On the other hand, if you aren't constantly paranoid about what can go wrong and put plans in place, then you're going to get bitten at some point.
The cycling helmet can save your life, but it doesn't look good and tends to ruin your hair.
Why shoot for the moon? It matters because when you try to do something radically hard, you approach the problem differently than when you try to make something incrementally better.
The world is not limited by IQ. We are all limited by bravery and creativity.
Most of us have to spend a lot of energy to learn how to drive a car. Then we have to spend the rest of our lives over-concentrating as we drive and text and eat a burrito and put on makeup. As a result, 30,000 people die every year in a car accident in the U.S.
If you're shooting to make the world 10% better, you're in a smartness contest with everyone else in the world - and you're going to lose. There are too many smart people in the world.
Here is the surprising truth: It's often easier to make something 10 times better than it is to make it 10 percent better.
When technology reaches that level of invisibility in our lives, that's our ultimate goal. It vanishes into our lives. It says, 'You don't have to do the work; I'll do the work.'
Failing doesn't have to mean not succeeding. It can be, 'Hey we tried that. We can go forward, smarter.'
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