Paul Allen Quotes

In technology, most things fail. Most companies fa... -Paul Allen

In technology, most things fail. Most companies fail.

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This quote acknowledges the high failure rate of technology and companies in the tech industry. It implies that innovation and risk-taking are common in technological endeavors. It reflects on the challenging and competitive nature of the technology sector.

The human brain works in, so far, mysterious and wondrous ways that are completely different than the ways that computers calculate. Things like appetite or emotion, how do those function in the brain?

Continuity is important in sports.

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This quote emphasizes the significance of maintaining consistency and continuity in the context of sports.

I believe in the power of shared data and technolo... -Paul Allen

I believe in the power of shared data and technology to help build a better future.

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This quote expresses the speaker's belief in the positive potential of shared data and technology for shaping a better future. It implies that technology can be a tool for collective progress and societal improvement. It reflects on the optimism surrounding the role of technology in driving positive change.

The promise of artificial intelligence and computer science generally vastly outweighs the impact it could have on some jobs in the same way that, while the invention of the airplane negatively affected the railroad industry, it opened a much wider door to human progress.

Objectively speaking, Traf-O-Data was a failure as a company. Right as our business started to pick up, states began to provide their own traffic-counting services to local governments for free.

If you have the chance to realize some of these dreams you had as a kid, and you have the opportunity, why not pursue that?

In order to be truly intelligent, computers must u... -Paul Allen

In order to be truly intelligent, computers must understand - that is probably the critical word.

I got a taste when I was in Kenya a while ago of what medical care was in rural Africa. I was in a town of about 10,000 people, and a shipping container with a rusty microscope was their medical clinic.

Some people can vent their anger, take a breath, a... -Paul Allen

Some people can vent their anger, take a breath, and let it go, but I wasn't one of them.

If it hadn't been for our Traf-O-Data venture, and if it hadn't been for all that time spent on UW computers, you could argue that Microsoft might not have happened.

Computers are really, basically, computing elements and a lot of memory. They are pretty easy to understand, as compared to the brain, which was designed by evolution.

I first got interested in the brain through comput... -Paul Allen

I first got interested in the brain through computers.

As someone who was basically a software engineer for many years, I became fascinated with how the brain functions and is put together and works in such a different fashion than computers do.

We taught ourselves to simulate how microprocessors work using DEC computers so we could develop software even before our machine was built.

As always, space remains an unforgiving frontier, and the skies overhead will surely present obstacles and setbacks that must be overcome. But hard challenges demand fresh approaches, and I'm optimistic that Stratolaunch will yield transformative benefits - not only for scientists and space entrepreneurs, but for all of us.

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