Quotes About Innovation

Technological progress becomes even more exciting when it enters into the service of the social idea which demands that not only a small elite but humanity at large should profit by it.

Ultimately, what the tech industry really cares about is ushering in the future, but it conflates technological progress with societal progress.

We presumably believe that most of the technological progress over the arc of humanity to date has been good. I don't see any argument to go back to 1600.

Once computers can program, they basically take over technological progress because already, today, the majority of technological progress is run by software, by programming.

Many new technologies come with a promise to change the world, but the world refuses to cooperate.

Renewable energy also creates more jobs than other sources of energy - most of these will be created in the struggling manufacturing sector, which will pioneer the new energy future by investment that allows manufacturers to retool and adopt new technologies and methods.

The progressive integration of new technologies in our economy amounts to a paradigm shift with a profound impact on the context and content of work.

Entrepreneurship is the key to emerging technologies.

Scarcely a day goes by without some claim that new technologies are fast writing newsprint's obituary.

2016 has proven to be the year where the most forward-thinking financial institutions are actually using blockchain technologies for payments and settlement rather than as an experiment.

Over the last few millennia we've invented a series of technologies - from the alphabet to the scroll to the codex, the printing press, photography, the computer, the smartphone - that have made it progressively easier and easier for us to externalize our memories, for us to essentially outsource this fundamental human capacity.

The only way you get economic progress, real standards of living moving higher, is to have the savings of the society continuously invested in the cutting-edge technologies. And those technologies which are obsolescent get dropped out.

Customers require the effective integration of technologies to simplify their workflow and boost efficiency.

People say we're running out of energy. That's only true if we stick with these old 19th century technologies. We are awash in energy from the sunlight.

Chips will continue to shrink, of course. We, along with other semiconductor companies, are continuing to push toward the next goal of 10 nm, but going beyond 10 nm will require the development of new technologies, materials, and manufacturing processes that are still being perfected.

Digital is really two things. It refers to a set of technologies, everything from artificial intelligence to the use of e-commerce. But digital is really about a different way of working, of making decisions, of partnering and reaching your clients, and so it's also about how you do things.

We need to invest in technologies that amplify human capacity, not replace it.

I want to impact the world through futuristic yet affordable technologies to make the world a better place.

It is a well-known fact that bringing in technologies in retail sector is good for consumers.

I work a lot with my ski sponsor, Head, to develop new technologies.

Green technologies - going green - is bigger than the Internet. It could be the biggest economic opportunity of the 21st century.

The only reason we don't notice how absolutely interwoven our thinking processes have become with older technologies - pencils, paper, electric light, penicillin, fire - is that they're old, so we've ceased to notice their effects.

As we're unleashing the benefits of communications technologies, we also want to minimize the downsides.

When Apple looks at what categories to enter, we ask these kinds of questions: What are the primary technologies behind this? What do we bring? Can we make a significant contribution to society with this? If we can't, and if we can't own the key technologies, we don't do it.