Alan Cooper We’re building what I call ‘software apartheid.’ We’re in the process of creating a divided society: those who can use technology on one side, and those who can’t on the other. And it happens to divide neatly along economic lines. – Alan Cooper Apartheid Quotes Building Quotes Creating Quotes Divide Quotes Divided Quotes Economic Quotes Lines Quotes Neatly Quotes Process Quotes Society Quotes Software Quotes Technology Quotes There’s a fundamental problem with how the software business does things. We’re asking people who are masters of hard-edged technology to design the soft, human side of software as well. As a result, they make products that are really cool – if you happen to be a software engineer. A lot of people think, and Microsoft is happy to let them think, that all great things are invented by Microsoft. In fact, very, very little has been invented by Microsoft.
Burton Richter What struck me first on reading the Ten Hoeve-Jacobson paper was how small the consequences of the radiation release from the Fukushima reactor accident are projected to be compared to the devastation wrought by the giant earthquake and tsunami. – Burton Richter
Amy Waldman My parents are aging and there are difficult issues. It’s strange to have children at the beginning of life and parents nearing the end. – Amy Waldman
BusinessCarmen Busquets For me, the winning strategy in any start-up business is, ‘Think big but start small.’ – Carmen Busquets
David Einhorn We believe in constructing the portfolio so that we put our biggest amount of money in our highest-conviction idea, and then we view the other ideas relative to that. – David Einhorn
Emma Weymouth I feel like having children – and the illness I had when I was pregnant – is probably more important than anything else to the person I am now. I’m massively aware of how we can take everything for granted – how fragile life is. – Emma Weymouth
Hansika Motwani I have painted gods, and goddesses too, and my favourite is Ganesha and Radha Krishna. – Hansika Motwani
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