I like going to Burning Man, for example. That's an environment where people can try out different things. I think as technologists we should have some safe places where we can try out some new things and figure out what is the effect on society, what's the effect on people, without having to deploy kind of into the normal world.

Larry Page

Categorized in : Thinking Men Should Have

You never lose a dream, it just incubates as a hobby. by Larry Page

You never lose a dream, it just incubates as a hobby.

entrepreneur dream loss

Always deliver more than expected. by Larry Page

Always deliver more than expected.

young-entrepreneurs marketing business

It's very hard to fail completely, if you aim high enough. by Larry Page

It's very hard to fail completely, if you aim high enough.

aim-high failing enough

If you’re not doing some things that are crazy, then you’re doing... by Larry Page

If you’re not doing some things that are crazy, then you’re doing the wrong things.

wrong-things crazy ifs

Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting! by Larry Page

Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting!

hard hard-work exciting

Optimism is important. You have to be a little silly about the goals you are going to set. There is a phrase I learned in college called, 'having a healthy disregard for the impossible.' That is a really good phrase. You should try to do things that most people would not do.

college silly inspirational

It is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. ... Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition.

crazy dream inspirational

Artificial intelligence would be the ultimate version of Google. The ultimate search engine that would understand everything on the Web. It would understand exactly what you wanted, and it would give you the right thing. We're nowhere near doing that now. However, we can get incrementally closer to that, and that is basically what we work on.

google would-be giving

If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.

good-morning motivational inspirational

Find the leverage in the world so you can be truly lazy. by Larry Page

Find the leverage in the world so you can be truly lazy.

lazy world

Anything you can imagine probably is doable, you just have to ima... by Larry Page

Anything you can imagine probably is doable, you just have to imagine it and work on it.

imagine

Almost everyone who has had an idea that's somewhat revolutionary or wildly successful was first told they're insane.

innovation successful ideas

We should be building great things that don't exist. by Larry Page

We should be building great things that don't exist.

great-things building should

Lots of companies don't succeed over time. What do they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future.

succeed missing thinking

Small groups of people can have a really huge impact. by Larry Page

Small groups of people can have a really huge impact.

impact motivation people

You treat people with respect, they tend to return the favor to t... by Larry Page

You treat people with respect, they tend to return the favor to the company.

favors return people

We have always believed that it's possible to make money without... by Larry Page

We have always believed that it's possible to make money without being evil.

making-money money evil

If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach.

inspiring beach long

You know what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don't have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it's important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.

inspiration dream morning

For a lot of companies, it's useful for them to feel like they have an obvious competitor and to rally around that. I personally believe it's better to shoot higher. You don't want to be looking at your competitors. You want to be looking at what's possible and how to make the world better.

want believe world