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" People are hungry for community. They're hungry for meaning in a society that is oriented around the production and consumption of consumer goods. "
Mitch Kapor
Community
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" Oakland's time is coming. In fact, Oakland's time is already here. Tech is coming to Oakland, and it's terribly exciting. "
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" The computer environment is radically different today. In the 1980s, it was like the Wild West, with a lot of open territory. Now, the cowboys have moved out and the farmers have moved in. "
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" Failing to continue to support the public higher-ed system in California will have devastating long-term consequences. "
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" Before I started a company, I was an employee with a bad attitude. I was always felt like, bosses are stupid, and people weren't well treated. "
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" I originally invested in Dropcam because I foresaw what the company and their products could do for consumers and the industry. I've been deeply impressed with what they've done in such little time, and I'm confident that they'll continue to exceed my expectations. "
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" We have a responsibility to give people opportunities to do what they can do. It's a fundamental tenet of democratic society. Libertarians who believe in a completely minimalist state, and don't feel we have that responsibility, are harming humanity. "
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" Successful entrepreneurs develop products that inspire their passion. They have to. It's that passion that gets them through the long, arduous, uncertain and frightening early days of a start-up. "
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" Technology advances at exponential rates, and human institutions and societies do not. They adapt at much slower rates. Those gaps get wider and wider. "
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" Linden Lab's technological breakthroughs have made 'Second Life' a truly revolutionary experience. "
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" People in the industry foresee a time in which, for many people, the only thing they'll need on a computer is a browser. "
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Need
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" I believe in having an impact in doing things. "
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I Believe
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" I'm like George Lucas, bringing together a creative team that will come up with a unique, well-crafted product. "
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" The widespread adoption of broadband and the continued advances in personal computing technology are finally making it possible for the collective creation of an online world on a realistic scale. "
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World
Personal
" You can't be in the tech community... without realizing there's a big shortage of talent. "
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Talent
Big
Without
" It became clear to me by 1984 that Microsoft was likely going to be the big winner in the PC software apps and operating system category, partly because of the dynamics of owning and controlling the operating system: that gave you enormous power, and I came to see Bill Gates was fierce competitor. "
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" Startups, in some sense, have gotten so easy to start that we are confusing two things. And what we are confusing, often, is, 'How far can you get in your first day of travel?' with, 'How long it is going to take to get up to the top of the mountain?' "
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" There's a great deal of suspicion and misunderstanding about IT among practicing doctors. One hears things like, 'I don't want to be turned into a data entry clerk, and I don't want some machine between me and my patients.' "
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Great
Data
" I was not a student of Wall Street, but I was a quick study. "
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Wall
Study
Quick
" The kind of products you envision as an entrepreneur is a function of your life experience. "
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Life
Entrepreneur
You
" In my case, having knocked around at different jobs helped me get a sense of what the world is actually like and also helped me get out of a cocoon. "
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World
Sense
" Everyone has a subconscious and automatic preference of this over that. Once you're aware of that, you can take steps to change. "
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" I've been around long enough to know that empires come and empires go, and I can't tell how long the Google empire is going to last - but I'm pretty convinced that the answer is less than forever. "
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" We have to examine very carefully any privacy-reducing technology. "
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" In an economy where more and more value is in information - is in the bits, not the atoms, where bits can be copied essentially for free - any time you have that situation, economic schemes that rely on existing models of intellectual property laws for protection are going to do less and less well. "
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" On a personal note, I was born in Brooklyn. My folks moved out to Long Island when I was quite young, but once a Brooklynite, always a Brooklynite. "
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" I don't think Silicon Valley understands the power of Wikipedia, how it works, or the opportunities it represents. "
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" We are living in an era of anxiety produced by computer and communications technology. "
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Anxiety
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" I think there is widespread agreement that there is a crisis in public education. "
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Education
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" Every year we are greeted by a host of new apps that will 'change the way we think' about ordering takeout, 'fundamentally transform' our shoe purchases, or 'revolutionize' the way we edit photos. "
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