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" There's almost no problem that can't be solved. That's important as a premise. History has proven it over and over again. "

Sebastian Thrun

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" 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. "

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" If you focus on the single question of who knows best what students need in the workforce, it's the people already in the workforce. Why not give industry a voice? "

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" No state in the U.S. expressly forbids autonomous driving. "

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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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" 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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" There is enormous value in face to face interaction. "

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" It's sad that we never get trained to leave assumptions behind. "

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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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" Safety has been paramount for the Google self-driving car team from the very beginning. "

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" The teachers I know are extremely dedicated people. "

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" Call me an optimist, but in the past 300 years we have built amazing technologies which - by and large - have advanced humanity. "

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" 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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" We should have lifelong monitoring of our vital signs that predict things like skin or pancreatic cancer so we can eradicate it. We should have personalized medicine; there's a huge amount of innovation possible. "

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" At the end of the day, the true value proposition of education is employment. "

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" Few ideas work on the first try. Iteration is key to innovation. "

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" I feel like everyone has this competitive instinct. "

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

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" The idea of 'interview-less hiring' is new and a trend we will see in the changing global job market. "

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

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" I wanted to participate in the political responsibilities of an American citizen. I wanted to vote. I wanted to be a full member of the American community. I made America my home country. It's my identity in many ways. "

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" In my son's kindergarten, they're telling us how to get him into Stanford. By their advice, I'm doing everything wrong, because I'm trying to make him happy rather than putting him through as many piano lessons as possible. "

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" Many students learn best by doing. But because classrooms force the same pace on all students, they limit the degree to which students can truly learn through trial and error. Instead, lectures still force many students to follow material passively and in lockstep pace. "

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" Obviously, a lot of non-profits live on donations, and that's a wonderful thing. But higher education can't exist on donations only because, if that were the case, we would have a hard time paying teachers adequate salaries. "

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" Access to high-quality education is way too limited. The United States has the world's most admirable higher education system, and yet it is very restrictive. It's so hard to get into. I never got into it as a student. "

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" I learned to basically pull my own weight, just do my own thing. I spent a lot of time alone and I loved it. It was actually really great because to the present day I love spending time alone. I go bicycling alone, go climbing alone and I just love being with myself and observing myself and learning something. "

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" I find it amazingly easy to take something, if you really believe in it, and turn it to reality. "

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" We need to make education so much fun that students can't help but learn. "

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" To me, mathematics, computer science, and the arts are insanely related. They're all creative expressions. "

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" That's what Google taught me. Aim higher. Udacity is my playground - to radically experiment and find out. I've seen the light. "

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" I'd really love to see a business model for higher education going forward that is actually affordable, that uses modern technology to reach scale and quality and that really reimburses the services rendered in a way that's meaningful to everybody. "

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