“As a good rule of thumb, proprietary technology must be at least 10 times better than its closest substitute in some important dimension to lead to a real monopolistic advantage. Anything less than an order of magnitude better will probably be perceived as a marginal improvement and will be hard to…”— Peter Thiel, amazon.com
“We are so fragile that without architecture and clothing, our bodies could not survive. Maybe we are like hermit crabs that are always looking for their shells. Maybe there is a human instinct to be always searching for an extension of one's body.”— Andrea Zittel, allanmccollum.net
“Hallmarks of disruptive innovators: introduced by an 'outsider,' / less expensive than existing products/ targeting underserved or new markets/ initially inferior to existing products/ advanced by an enabling technology.”— The New York Times, nytimes.com
“We are reaching deep within ourselves to adjust the master knob. We are messing with our source code, including the code that grows our brains and makes our minds. Gene splicing, genetic engineering, and gene therapy have given our minds direct control of our genes, ending a four-billion-year hegemo…”— Kevin Kelly, amazon.com
“About 2,500 years ago most of humanity's major religions were set in motion in a relatively compact period. Confucius, Lao-tzu, Buddha, Zoroaster, the authors of the Upanishads, and the Jewish patriarchs all lived within a span of 20 generations. Only a few major religions have been born since then.…”— Kevin Kelly, amazon.com
“Instead of demanding that our technologies conform to ourselves and our own innate rhythms, we strive to become more compatible with our technologies and the new cultural norms their timelessness implies. We compete to process more emails or attract more social networking connections than our collea…”— Douglas Rushkoff, amazon.com
“The more advanced the technology, on the whole, the more possible it is for a considerable number of human beings to imagine being somebody else.”— David Riesman, amazon.com
“The lowest-paid burger flipper working at McDonald's is in many respects better off than King Henry or any of the richest people living not too long ago. Although the burger flipper barely makes enough to pay the rent, he or she can afford many things that King Henry could not. King Henry's wealth —…”— Kevin Kelly, amazon.com