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> [Never mistake a clearer view for a short distance just because the technology looks like it's about to arrive in the very near future. Chances are there will be some surprises and in the long run even the most expected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/never-mistake-a-clearer-view-for-a-short-distance-just-because-the/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

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## More by Paul Saffo

> [I'm actually an optimist about what lies ahead. Are wikis reliable? It depends on the specific business. Is Wikipedia reliable? You bet. Wikipedia is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/i-m-actually-an-optimist-about-what-lies-ahead-are-wikis-reliable-it/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [The thing I see happening is that there's a real compression between generations. There used to be about 20 years difference (in technology use).…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/the-thing-i-see-happening-is-that-there-s-a-real-compression-between/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [Never mistake a clearer view for a short distance just because the technology looks like it's about to arrive in the very near future.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/never-mistake-a-clearer-view-for-a-short-distance-just-because-the/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [The goal of forecasting is not to predict the future but to tell you what you need to know to take meaningful action in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/the-goal-of-forecasting-is-not-to-predict-the-future-but-to-tell-you/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [Though I carry enough electronics to get nervous in a lightning storm, I love paper and I always have a Moleskine journal with me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/though-i-carry-enough-electronics-to-get-nervous-in-a-lightning-storm/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [I'm not sure the notion of employee or job is going to survive the transition over the next couple of decades. The very notion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/i-m-not-sure-the-notion-of-employee-or-job-is-going-to-survive-the/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [Every day huge amounts of information break off like icebergs and melt away. What worries me is that much information in electronic form is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/every-day-huge-amounts-of-information-break-off-like-icebergs-and/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [The value of a social network is defined not only by who's on it, but by who's excluded,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/the-value-of-a-social-network-is-defined-not-only-by-who-s-on-it-but/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [Using technology merely to lower operational costs amounts to standing on a whale fishing for minnows. It just allows you to do the old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/using-technology-merely-to-lower-operational-costs-amounts-to/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [When I lived in Japan in the 1980s, I once was mistaken for Paul Newman, and I didn't have much more hair than I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/when-i-lived-in-japan-in-the-1980s-i-once-was-mistaken-for-paul/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [When everybody else is in a down market is focusing on what they're doing wrong, instead focus on what you should be doing differently,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/when-everybody-else-is-in-a-down-market-is-focusing-on-what-they-re/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [We do need to rethink privacy. I think we need to fall back on (former Supreme Court Justice) Felix Frankfurter's definition of privacy which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/we-do-need-to-rethink-privacy-i-think-we-need-to-fall-back-on-former/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [Each time you toss out a 'singing' greeting card, you are disposing of more computing power than existed in the entire world before 1950.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/each-time-you-toss-out-a-singing-greeting-card-you-are-disposing-of/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [I can't imagine how you can find the discipline to be emotionally detached reporting on a revolution, the winds of which are blowing right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/i-can-t-imagine-how-you-can-find-the-discipline-to-be-emotionally/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

> [I live on a canyon at the edge of San Mateo. We are fortunate to have lots of suburban wildlife as our neighbors, though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/i-live-on-a-canyon-at-the-edge-of-san-mateo-we-are-fortunate-to-have/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

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