"Incrementalism is innovation's worst enemy."

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Source : "The Balance of Trade of Ideas" by Nicholas Negroponte, www.wired.com. April 1, 1995.

Nicholas Negroponte

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“The real big stars only keep this up for about seven years.”
“Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica.”
“What the good Lord lets happen, I am not ashamed to print in my paper.”
“If we want the advantages of love, then we must be willing to take the risks of love. And that requires vulnerability. Of course, we can refuse this path and trod another one devoid of openness. But the toll on such a road is extremely high.”
“If Jesus came as God, then why did God have to anoint Him? If Jesus - see God's already been anointed. If Jesus came as God, then why did God have to anoint Him? Jesus came as a man, that's why it was legal to anoint him. God doesn't need anointing, He is anointing. Jesus came as a man, and at age 30 God is now getting ready to demonstrate to us, and give us an example of what a man, with the anointing, can do.”
“Survival is the ability to swim in strange water.”
“Making movies is a lot like being a construction worker. There are long intense stretches of work followed by nothing. It's not easy to find work, and in between, you have to figure out what to do for money.”
“My mind can never know my body, although it has become quite friendly with my legs.”

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