I've actually come to respect the most irritatingly challenging people I've worked with as really valuable in improving group decision-making and what to do and what to invest in.
Steve JurvetsonRead
I would say that nanotech's worth paying attention to no matter what your background because if you look far enough into the future, it'll impact just about any industry you can think of.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Nanotechnology has the potential to transform various industries, making it relevant to everyone.
Steve Jurvetson emphasizes the significance of nanotechnology, suggesting that its advancements will play a crucial role in the future of almost every industry. This notion underlines the idea that understanding and engaging with nanotech is essential, regardless of one's professional background, as its impact will be pervasive and far-reaching.
Themes
NanotechnologyFutureIndustryTechnologyImpact
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be used in a technology seminar to highlight the importance of nanotechnology.
More from Steve Jurvetson
All quotes βIf your startup is only in the development or idea stage, there is almost no better predictor of failure - I mean, utter failure, scorched-earth bankruptcy - than raising too much money in the first round.
Steve JurvetsonRead
We look for companies that are unlike anything we've ever seen before, with a bold vision to change the world and run by passionate entrepreneurs who get you jumping out of your seat.
Steve JurvetsonRead
One very interesting framework for a company to succeed over time - beyond just business logic and analytics - is, do they have a reason why the best graduates in engineering programs will flock to them versus competitors?
Steve JurvetsonRead
When you lower the cost of access to space, a boom of innovation follows, just as low-cost fiber optics paved the way for the Internet and the cloud services that followed.
Steve JurvetsonRead
Similar quotes
It's just astonishing to me, but not surprising in some respects, how dependent we are on the somewhat meaningless and certainly ephemeral feedback that we get from strangers on the Internet. I think that's a dangerous dependence to develop.
Tim FerrissRead
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
More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More and more Americans are appalled by the ravages of industrial progress, by the defacement of nature, by man-made ugliness. If our society continues at its present rate to become less livable as it becomes more affluent, we promise all to end up in sumptuous misery.
John W. GardnerRead
Customers need to be given control of their own data-not being tied into a certain manufacturer so that when there are problems they are always obliged to go back to them.
Tim Berners-LeeRead
Few industries have the ability to transform society like tech, yet too few companies are asking the questions or working on the problems that would create meaningful social change.
Mitch KaporRead
It is deeply against my principles to work on any project that I think is to weaponize AI.
Fei-Fei LiRead