One should proceed with caution. We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My laboratory and my obsession is about safety and building/engineering safety. It's not just a matter of saying we want the world to be safer; we have to create technology.
Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.
At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.
Engineering stimulates the mind.
Science is about knowing; engineering is about doing.
Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure.
Well, it's very dangerous to project, but it's clear that the existing technology has some more years to go.
If you think the technology is infeasible, you don't worry about what it might do and what its potential is.
We like to say at Khosla Ventures, and this is one of the reasons to do what we do, we'll take technical risks that nobody else will.
As engineers, we were going to be in a position to change the world - not just study it.