Great Ray Kurzweil Quote

Posted on 15. Jul, 2007 by jon in ShoutOuts

Kareem sent this over. Very apropos for what we’re building…

“I’m an inventor, and I became interested in long term trends because
an invention needs to make sense in the world in which it is finished,
not the world in which it was started.”

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  • Reminded me of another relevant quote... from Seth Goden's The Big Moo pp. 41-42:

    "One step is easy. One step isn't enough. If you're only one step ahead, by the time your organization gets done working on your idea, it'll be too late. Big organizations with lots of power fall in love with one-step innovations. They believe that their power will be enough to defeat the competition by the time they get to market. ..."

    "Three steps changes the game. Organizations that think three steps ahead are the groundbreakers and the pathfinders. They're the ones inventing the next generation, the people who are undoing the very foundations that your organization depends on.

    Three steps is difficult. It's difficult to sell, even more difficult to build, and almost impossible to get your mother-in-law (or your boss) to understand. Three steps -- that's what's worth building."
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