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" Online education that leaves almost everybody behind except for highly motivated students, to me, can't be a viable path to education. "

Sebastian Thrun

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" I ultimately got into robotics because for me, it was the best way to study intelligence. "

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" I have a really deep belief that we create technologies to empower ourselves. We've invented a lot of technology that just makes us all faster and better, and I'm generally a big fan of this. I just want to make sure that this technology stays subservient to people. People are the number one entity there is on this planet. "

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" When I turned 18, I lost my best friend to a car accident. "

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" I'd aspired to give people a profound education - to teach them something substantial. But the data was at odds with this idea. "

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" Honestly, the average American spends about 52 minutes a day in commute traffic. And as much as I love driving my car and many people like driving their car, commuting has never been fun for me. "

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" Corporate America is drowning in meetings. To make one thing clear, I am not against communication. Quick one-on-ones can be extremely effective. I am talking about those hour-long recurring meetings, devoid of a clear agenda, and attended by many. I dread them. "

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" There are already robotic journalists. Sure, they aren't very good, but they're getting better faster than human journalists are. "

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" Giving education away for free is a really good idea, but it can't be the future of education. There has to be a business model around it that actually works. "

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" I have been spending the better part of my professional life trying to create self-driving cars. At Google, I am working with a world-class team of engineers to turn science fiction into reality. "

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" The individualization of learning fundamentally redefines the role of assessment. "

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" I always love to be careful with my expectations so that life has pleasant surprises for me. "

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