QuoteProject
The people who resist change will be confronted by the growing number of people who see that better ways are available; thanks to technology.
Bill Gates
ShareWTF𝕏

Interpretation

What this quote means

Resistance to change can lead to obsolescence, as others embrace new technological advancements.

In this quote, Bill Gates highlights that those who stubbornly resist change will eventually find themselves challenged by an increasing number of individuals who recognize and adopt better solutions offered by technology. The relentless progression of technology creates a divide between those who adapt and those who cling to outdated practices, emphasizing the importance of embracing innovation to remain relevant in a rapidly evolving world.

Themes

ChangeTechnologyInnovationAdaptationProgress

In practice

Example use cases

During a corporate meeting discussing future strategies and the importance of adopting new technologies.

More from Bill Gates

Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.
Bill GatesRead
The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.
Bill GatesRead
With the states release today of a set of clear and consistent academic standards, our nation is one step closer to supporting effective teaching in every classroom, charting a path to college and careers for all students, and developing the tools to help all children stay motivated and engaged in their own education. The more states that adopt these college and career based standards, the closer we will be to sharing innovation across state borders and becoming more competitive as a country.
Bill GatesRead
About three million computers get sold every year in China, people don't pay for the software. Someday they will, though. And as long as they're going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade.
Bill GatesRead
Internet TV and the move to the digital approach is quite revolutionary. TV has historically has been a broadcast medium with everybody picking from a very finite number of channels.
Bill GatesRead
These four policy prescriptions - strengthening educational opportunities, revamping immigration rules for highly skilled workers, increasing federal funding for basic scientific research, and providing incentives for private-sector R&D - should in my view be top priorities as Congress and the Administration consider how to maintain the nation's leadership in science, technology, and innovation.
Bill GatesRead

Similar quotes

That was the change in her from ten years ago; that, indeed, was her reward, this haunting, magical sadness which spoke straight to the heart and struck silence; it was the completion of her beauty.
Evelyn WaughRead
Only the phoenix rises and does not descend. And everything changes. And nothing is truly lost.
Neil GaimanRead
Let all of us turn from bullets to ballots, from guns to shovels.
Shimon PeresRead
The monstropolous beast had left his bed. The two hundred miles a hour wind had loosed his chains. He seized hold of his dikes and ran forward until he met the quarters; uprooted them like grass and rushed on after his supposed-to-be conquerors, rolling the dikes, rolling the houses, rolling the people in the houses along with other timbers. The sea was walking the earth with a heavy heel.
Zora Neale HurstonRead
Consider all of the possibilities for positive global progress if we utilized nonviolence as the central value of our culture, encompassing our law enforcement and labor practices, which currently include people in numerous nations working for inhumane wages in unhealthy conditions.
Bernice KingRead
Those who can't imagine change reveal the deficits of their imaginations, not the difficulty of change.
Nelson MandelaRead

A little wisdom, now and then

Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.

Quote by Bill Gates | QuoteProject