“There's always a question when you invest. Are you too early, are you too late, or are you just right? And there was a lot of hype about life sciences, around the sequencing of the human genome and a lot of people concluded that's not really there. But by the way, there was a lot of hype around the digital revolution just about the time of 2000 and the human genome, and it turns out that some of the world's biggest, most powerful companies are the survivors post that crash.” PeopleWorldWayHumansTurnsPowerfulCompanyRevolutionLatePostsToo LateDigitalMost PowerfulSurvivorCrashHypeGenomeDigital RevolutionSequencing Author:Juan Enriquez
“We traditionally in this world didn't have enough calories to feed all of us and had huge famines, not just in Africa, but had them across India, across Southeast Asia, and across China. Because of Borlaug's work at Simit and because of this we have huge excess, until very recently, in agricultural produce and the prices went through the floor.” WorldEnoughThis WorldProduceHugeIndiaChinaExcessAsiaFamineCaloriesSoutheast Asia Author:Juan Enriquez
“One of the things that really worries me, in part about Mexico, in part about Latin America, and in part about the Hispanic population in the U.S. and Canada. It's the lack of awareness of this whole science world.” WorldWholeAmericaWorryAwarenessPopulationCanadaLatinMexicoLatin AmericaHispanic Author:Juan Enriquez
“If you don't have that science and technology and brains as an input, as you don't have in large parts of Latin America, if you don't focus your education on that, if you don't find your 10,000 best scientists, but you do find your 10,000 best soccer players, the consequences are, you become a World Cup Champion in Soccer, like Brazil, but you don't become Korea, which earned 1/5 of what a Mexican did in 1975 and today earns five times more.” IfsWorldTodayAmericaBrainTechnologyFiveFocusPlayerConsequenceScientistCupsSoccerChampionLatinMexicanKoreaLatin AmericaBrazilInputWorld CupScience And TechnologySoccer Player Author:Juan Enriquez
“There are few jobs in the world that are more fun than being the head of Urban Development for a great and thriving city.” WorldJobsFunCitiesDevelopmentUrbanUrban Development Author:Juan Enriquez
“It's not fear that keeps me up. I mean, every generation has thought, this is the worst generation; the world's going to hell in a hand basket. The reality is, people are living longer, and they're living better.” PeopleWorldMeanHandsRealityHellGenerationsWorstBasketsLiving Better Author:Juan Enriquez
“If you had a front row seat at the Renaissance, you would have seen Machiavelli come by plotting, and you would have seen murders in the streets, you would have seen violence, you have seen people burning books and it would have looked like the world was a horrible place, but that's where all these incredible stuff we're still living with comes out of.” PeopleIfsWorldStillsBookStuffViolenceStreetsFrontsMurderIncrediblesHorribleBurningSeatsRenaissance Author:Juan Enriquez