Quotes About Disruption

I think, particularly in our tech industry, this is an industry that has violent innovation and then commoditization, and it's a cycle of innovation/commoditization.

I don't think that an artificially intelligent system that has superhuman intelligence will be violent. I do think that it will disrupt our culture.

Mother had an affair with the milkman, who later became my stepdad and my father left. My stepdad was an angry guy and Mother was a hysterical narcissist. It was a toxic mixture and there was a lot of disruption and violent arguments in the house.

Bitcoin is one of the most viral concepts I've ever encountered.

Virtually any practical task becomes chaos within seconds of me getting near it.

The television business, by virtue of what's happened to streaming, it's really turned the traditional television business upside down.

I don't think that a Singularity would be visible to those going through one. Even the most disruptive changes are not universally or immediately distributed, and late followers learn from the reactions and dilemmas of those who had initially encountered the disruptive change.

We look for companies that are unlike anything we've ever seen before, with a bold vision to change the world and run by passionate entrepreneurs who get you jumping out of your seat.

I have a vision that's about technology that empowers consumers over institutions.

Imagine the world of mobile based on Nokia and Motorola if Apple had not been restarted by a missionary entrepreneur named Steve Jobs who cared more for his vision than being tactical and financial.

A visionary leadership is required to harness rapid technological change for positive benefit rather than allowing to become disruptive and further exacerbate economic inequality.

The cart jerked, the wheels catching on something. Jodi pitched forward, felt the cart leave the sidewalk, tilt, tip. Momentum shot her from the downed cart. Her plan was to somersault forward, plant her feet, stand up. Ta-da. Unhurt. Unfazed. Except it didn't turn out that way.

I have never sought out anything but scandal, and I cultivate it for its own sake.

And yet, unlearn we must, for technology relentlessly transforms the playing field, changing not just the answers but the questions as well.

All that had been trivial, that had been comforting and familiar and safe, now seemed to be strapped with explosives.

It would have blown the whole grid.

Why are they doing this, Pa?" Kim asks. "Because they are destroyers of things.

The single factor most responsible for the disruption of the family is the automobile. Its full effect cannot be assessed. Modern life, as we know, would be impossible without the ubiquitous motorcar. It broke up the old family and community.

Any great change must expect opposition because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.

You're a fixer, Grant mused. You're also a colossal pain in the ass. The thing is, it's the pains in the ass that change the world.

Babies had a way of casually destroying things.  They had a lot in common with earthquakes and rabid dogs that way.

Management expert Tom Peters gives a perspective on this. He suggests, "Don't rock the boat. Sink it and start over." If you desire to be creative and do something really innovative, that's sometimes what it takes. You must destroy the old to create something new. You cannot allow yourself to be paralyzed by the idea of change.

We've all heard the old cliché God moves in mysterious ways. It's probably more accurate to say that God specializes in surprising us. A God-surprise... - is unexpected and unexplainable, - disrupts the status quo, - turns the ordinary into the spectacular, - shows you how much bigger God is than what you have known or seen, - changes your expectations and your destiny, and - leaves no room for doubt-- God is God.

We're roughage, " Tyger said. "If we don't cause a little intestinal distress, no one knows we're there.