In 1958, my father graduated from secondary school as the highest-achieving student in the state of Kansas, earning a five-year scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He turned it down. For someone raised in a remote farming town, this… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
Passing on a full scholarship to MIT would be irrational for me, but to my father and his parents, what would have been the point of spending five years at one of the world's most prestigious universities if he just… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
AI might be a powerful technology, but things won't get better simply by adding AI. — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
In 1958, my father graduated from secondary school as the highest-achieving student in the state of Kansas, earning a five-year scholarship to the Massachusetts… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
After I transitioned, a lot of people said, 'I like you so much more now,' because before, I was unhappy. Making that change was… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
I want to literally make people smarter by jamming things in their brains. — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
Who wants to get a worse diagnosis of their cancer, just to keep a human doctor in the job? — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
If a hero is a person on which you've made an explicit choice model yourself, mine is my father for showing me how to… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
If my son came to me years from now and told me, 'I'm gay,' I'd say, 'That's wonderful. I'm so glad you know who… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
Because of the tax on being different, individual actors in the labour market from different backgrounds can rationally value the same opportunities differently. — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
If you tell someone, 'Hey, your daughter is going to win a Nobel Prize someday,' it makes it less likely. If you say, 'Your… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
Passing on a full scholarship to MIT would be irrational for me, but to my father and his parents, what would have been the… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
If you have a diverse workforce, then you have a much better chance of picking up on things that a lack of diversity would… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
Estrogen's a wonderful thing. I'd be doing the dishes and suddenly be like, 'Wait a minute - why am I crying?' — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
Why did I go back to school? After working with giant snails as the manager of an abalone farm, who wouldn't be fascinated with… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
Before I came out, people always asked me math questions. But once I became a woman, they stopped. There's unintended discrimination. — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
