The margin for making mistakes has gotten much smaller. In a commodity economy, it's hard to kill off your business. You still have the mine. You still have oil wells. You can always rebuild. In a knowledge economy, if you… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
If you want to compete in bioinformatics, first you need to compete for really smart people. You need really smart people who understand how to manipulate nanomolecules. — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
Those of us of a certain age grew up expecting that by now we would have Rosie the Robot from 'The Jetsons' in our… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in why countries appear and disappear. And the curious thing is how often it happens. — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
There are certain zip codes that generate a disproportionate share of patents, of startups, of wealth, of jobs. And it's really important if other… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
Try to live without something digital - without digital code for about two hours, very hard to do if you're awake. — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
It's such an extraordinary time to be alive that you just don't want to miss it. I mean, it's a really neat historical period. — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
The U.S. started with no stars. In fact, it started with a completely different flag. The last two were added in 1959, Hawaii and… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
China has, all of a sudden, found a way of putting the best of the best to work to build an economy that is… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
There is so much extraordinary opportunity if you're curious, if you're interested. — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
Not only are we reading life code, we're beginning to copy it through cloning, and we're beginning to write, and in the measure that… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
One of the lessons that I hope people will take out is the extreme dependence simply on the financial sector is really dangerous. — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
The difference between people who can read and write and those who can't is just absolutely astronomical. — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
It's not completely inconceivable that someday you'll be able to download your own memories. — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
