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" People complain about the rich-and-poor divide. It's crazy, no doubt about it. But what gets me is that today, a billionaire or head of state on their smartphone has the same direct access to information as a homeless person has on a smartphone - or a person in Bangladesh or Papua New Guinea. "

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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. "

" We're now at this place where we can make the evolution of academic content match the evolution of the world. "

" Question every assumption and go towards the problem, like the way they flew to the moon. We should have more moon shots and flights to the moon in areas of societal importance. "

" You have to understand that teaching online is different, just like movies are different from the stage and TV is different from radio. "

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" We're often too entrenched in existing structures and are so primed to think that if we grew up with the values and the norms, they have to be correct. "

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" We humans usually feel that we are the best at everything we do, that we can safely drive ourselves. But tens of thousands of people die every year. We need to be open to having technology assist us, to find ways in which technology makes us safer. "

" I have learned, if you give a team a budget, then the team tries to maximise the budget so that they get the same next year. "

" Almost all accidents take place because of human distraction. "

" Many of us are inspired and are eager to get things done. But once too many people are involved, life becomes complicated. We are all social beings, so we have an innate urge to incorporate everyone's thoughts. "

" Perhaps we can get to the point where we can outsource our own personal experiences entirely into a computer - and possibly our own personality. "

" It's my dream to make learning as addictive as a video game. "

" Do you know that driving accidents are the number one cause of death for young people? "

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" Technology is synonymous for connection with other people. "

" Google X is here to do moonshot-type projects. Not just shooting to the moon, but bringing the moon back to Earth. "

" As a child, I spent a lot of time with things like Lego, building trains, cars, complex structures, and I really liked that. "

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" There's a lot to be learned about how digital media, the ability to reach anybody any time, really transforms the peer interaction experience in education at large. "

" Can we text twice as much while driving, without the guilt? Yes, we can, if only cars will drive themselves. "

" If we could do away with traffic accidents, that'd be wonderful. There'd be more than a million people saved every year on this planet. "

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" Larry Page, co-founder of Google, is an unbelievable big thinker, and there was a saying in Google that if you wanted to know the future, go to Larry. "

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" With any new medium, the full power is only unearthed with experimentation. "

" My take is that A.I. is taking over. A few humans might still be 'in charge,' but less and less so. "