"It may not be possible to 'win the……" — Steven Johnson
"It may not be possible to 'win the future,' in President Obama's words, but if we're going to encourage more innovation, it's not enough for us to just dig in and work harder. We also need to encourage surprise and serendipity. We need to play each other's instruments."
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41 Quotes by Steven Johnson
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The fusion of art and technology that we call interface design.
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That strange new zone between medium and message. That zone we call the interface.
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Good ideas may not want to be free, but they do want to connect, fuse, recombine. They want to reinvent…
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Legendary innovators like Franklin, Snow, and Darwin all possess some common intellectual qualities—a certain quickness of mind, unbounded curiosity—but they…
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Silicon-based life may be impossible for one other reason: silicon bonds readily dissolve in water.
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When you don't have to ask for permission innovation thrives.
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How could so many intelligent people be so grievously wrong for such an extended period of time? How could they…
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Calculus, the electrical battery, the telephone, the steam engine, the radio - all these groundbreaking innovations were hit upon by…
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Keeping a slow hunch alive poses challenges on multiple scales. For starters, you have to preserve the hunch in your…
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Most new movements start this way: hundreds or thousands of individuals and groups, working in different fields and different locations,…
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One of the stories I love is how Gutenberg’s printing press set off this interesting chain reaction, where all of…
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We need to play each others instruments.
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More Dig Quotes
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Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
— Marcus Aurelius
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I don't have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I'll do it.
— Kevin Bacon
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I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It…
— Ann Bancroft
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My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it…
— Steve Buscemi
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Playing a stadium is a big adrenaline boost for me and I dig it. It keeps me on my toes…
— Jason Aldean
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I think the virtue I prize above all others is curiosity. If you look really hard at almost anybody, and…
— A. S. Byatt
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To really understand what love is, you've kinda got to dig down deeper than just how you feel at the…
— Kirk Cameron
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Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.
— Tori Amos
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If you dig it, do it. If you dig it a lot, do it twice.
— Jim Croce
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The field of vision is comparable, for me, to the terrain of an archaeological dig. To see is to be…
— Paul Virilio
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If you really dig a chick, you should talk to her, not steal her picture.
— Michael Nesmith
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Dig until you hit rock. Then take out that jackhammer and go a little deeper.
— Allison Brennan
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