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> [Trying to solve the worlds problems by making things 5% more efficient is like trying to play the violin with gardening gloves. Not much good will come out of it. We must invent new ways!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-kahn/trying-to-solve-the-worlds-problems-by-making-things-5-more-efficient/)

[Philippe Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-kahn/)

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## More by Philippe Kahn

> [The power of Open Source is the power of the people. The people rule.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-kahn/the-power-of-open-source-is-the-power-of-the-people-the-people-rule/)

[Philippe Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-kahn/)

> [The biggest enemy is doubt. If you don’t believe in what you are doing, you aren’t going to make it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-kahn/the-biggest-enemy-is-doubt-if-you-don-t-believe-in-what-you-are-doing/)

[Philippe Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-kahn/)

> [Every day I practise my flute. I've been doing it for decades and every day I find something new that inspires me for all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-kahn/every-day-i-practise-my-flute-i-ve-been-doing-it-for-decades-and/)

[Philippe Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-kahn/)

> [Camera-Phones are at the root of the Citizen-Journalism revolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-kahn/camera-phones-are-at-the-root-of-the-citizen-journalism-revolution/)

[Philippe Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-kahn/)

> [I am surprised at all the people in the high-tech industry focused on "making money"... If that's all they want to do, they should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-kahn/i-am-surprised-at-all-the-people-in-the-high-tech-industry-focused-on/)

[Philippe Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-kahn/)

> [Radically simplify the user interface, reinvent it, enough face lifts! You can put as much lipstick on a chicken as you want, it's never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-kahn/radically-simplify-the-user-interface-reinvent-it-enough-face-lifts/)

[Philippe Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-kahn/)

> [Just like a picture is worth 1000 words, a camera phone is worth 1000 cell phones!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-kahn/just-like-a-picture-is-worth-1000-words-a-camera-phone-is-worth-1000/)

[Philippe Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-kahn/)

> [Too many are focused on rewriting the past, invent the future!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-kahn/too-many-are-focused-on-rewriting-the-past-invent-the-future/)

[Philippe Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-kahn/)

> [We are less than a decade away from the medical lab the size of a sugar cube.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-kahn/we-are-less-than-a-decade-away-from-the-medical-lab-the-size-of-a/)

[Philippe Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-kahn/)

> [There is no greater goal than to truly improve Mr and Ms Everyone's health, as an innovator that is where I want to spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-kahn/there-is-no-greater-goal-than-to-truly-improve-mr-and-ms-everyone-s/)

[Philippe Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-kahn/)

> [If people would turn their TVs off for half the time, study science and practice an instrument, they'd be virtuosos and have Ph.Ds!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-kahn/if-people-would-turn-their-tvs-off-for-half-the-time-study-science/)

[Philippe Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-kahn/)

> [We focus on building innovation and inventing technology futures and we figure that it will take care of the rest. So far, it's done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-kahn/we-focus-on-building-innovation-and-inventing-technology-futures-and/)

[Philippe Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-kahn/)

> [Accelerometrics is a cool new discipline. Newton and Galileo would love it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-kahn/accelerometrics-is-a-cool-new-discipline-newton-and-galileo-would/)

[Philippe Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-kahn/)

> [I rarely saw people sitting at computers producing real code wearing ties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-kahn/i-rarely-saw-people-sitting-at-computers-producing-real-code-wearing/)

[Philippe Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-kahn/)

> [I build things that I think are exciting from a technology standpoint and will help make life easier, simpler and better for people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-kahn/i-build-things-that-i-think-are-exciting-from-a-technology-standpoint/)

[Philippe Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-kahn/)

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