Technology Quotes by Thomas Friedman

9 Technology quotes by Thomas Friedman

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Thomas Friedman delivers nine concise reflections on technology, emphasizing its impact on global affairs. This brief set gives a snapshot of how digital shifts shape geopolitics and interconnected economies.

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We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets.

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It's easy to kind of say it's the elite that's putting you down. Well, it wasn't really the elite, technology will do…

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What if we're wrong and there is no climate change? Well, by doing everything possible to address it, we will still use…

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The thing you have to remember is, oil and gas are commodities, and the more we use them the more the price…

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The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist -- McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the builder…

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The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist. McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of…

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Being really good at 'learning how to learn,' as President Bill Brody of Johns Hopkins put it, will be an enormous asset…

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Something really big happened in the world's wiring in the last decade, but it was obscured by the financial crisis and post-9/11.…

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We are entering a hyperconnected world where every boss now has more access, cheap access to cheap labor, cheap genius, cheap robot,…

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When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish…

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Hillary Clinton has decided to line up with John McCain in pushing to suspend the federal excise tax on gasoline, 18.4 cents a gallon,…

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Two things are going on at the same time with the flattening of the world: The relentless quest for efficiency is squeezing some of…

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Our president's latest energy initiative was to go to Saudi Arabia and beg King Abdullah to give us a little relief on gasoline prices.…

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I don't think the Arab Spring had much to do with energy. I think it was just the opposite, in fact. I think the…

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Until we fully understand what turned two brothers who allegedly perpetrated the Boston Marathon bombings into murderers, it is hard to make any policy…

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Geopolitics is all about leverage. We cannot make ourselves safer abroad unless we change our behavior at home.

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Big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately needed

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That's right-the striking thing about greenhouse gases is the diversity of sources that emit them. A herd of cattle belching can be worse than…

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Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists.

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