Share what you do profusely, because it will be remixed by others into something new, rich and strange.
Tim O'ReillyRead
So many technologies start out with a burst of idealism, democratization, and opportunity, and over time, they close down and become less friendly to entrepreneurship, to innovation, to new ideas. Over time, the companies that become dominant take more out of the ecosystem than they put back in.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Technological advancements often begin with enthusiasm and progress but can devolve into monopolistic practices that stifle innovation.
This quote by Tim O'Reilly reflects on the trajectory of many technologies, which often begin with high hopes of creating opportunities and promoting innovation. However, as these technologies mature, they can lead to dominance by a few key players who prioritize their interests over the collective welfare, ultimately diminishing the initial idealism and hindering the ecosystem that once fostered creativity and entrepreneurship.
Themes
TechnologyInnovationEntrepreneurshipEcosystemDominance
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a technology conference to discuss the importance of fostering a positive environment for innovation.
More from Tim O'Reilly
All quotes →I find that creative streak I think often leads in programmers to be good predictors of where culture as a whole is going to go. And that is where I think I've tried over the years to in some ways use my customers as a filter or a predictor of where technology as a whole is going to go. Or where the world as a whole is going to go.
Tim O'ReillyRead
The Lean Startup isn't just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business, it's about what we can learn from those businesses to improve virtually everything we do. I imagine Lean Startup principles applied to government programs, to healthcare, and to solving the world's great problems. It's ultimately an answer to the question: How can we learn more quickly what works, and discard what doesn't?
Tim O'ReillyRead
An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started.
Tim O'ReillyRead
At O'Reilly, the way we think about our business is that we're not a publisher; we're not a conference producer; we're a company that helps change the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators.
Tim O'ReillyRead
Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don't want to run out of gas on your trip, but you're not doing a tour of gas stations. You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn't be about the money.
Tim O'ReillyRead
Similar quotes
Only by developing a deeper understanding of AI systems as they act in the world can we ensure that this new infrastructure never turns toxic.
Kate CrawfordRead
I think Zelda 64 is utilizing about 90 percent of the N64 potential, ... When we made Mario 64 we were simply utilizing 60 to 70 percent. So we have come a long way I believe.
Shigeru MiyamotoRead
Machines are admirable and tyrannize only with the user's consent. Where, then, is the enemy? Not where the machine gives relief from drudgery but where human judgment abdicates. The smoothest machine-made product of the age is the organization man, for even the best organizing principle tends to corrupt, and the mechanical principle corrupts absolutely.
Jacques BarzunRead
Computers bootstrap their own offspring, grow so wise and incomprehensible that their communiqués assume the hallmarks of dementia: unfocused and irrelevant to the barely-intelligent creatures left behind. And when your surpassing creations find the answers you asked for, you can't understand their analysis and you can't verify their answers. You have to take their word on faith.
Peter WattsRead
An awful lot of successful technology companies ended up being in a slightly different market than they started out in.
Marc AndreessenRead
We are always creating new tools and techniques to help people, but the fundamental framework is remarkably resilient, which means it must have something to do with the nature of organizations or human nature.
John P. KotterRead