“Technological revolutions are very hard to predict. My favourite example is someone in 1850 taking care of horses as a farrier. They would have said, "Look, horses have been part of human existence for 5,000 years. We are horse people. It's permanent." But all of a sudden, the internal combustion engine comes along and, with it, oil fields and automobiles, which basically replace the horse completely. So we often have these long periods of stability and then a sudden inflection point.” PeopleYearsHumansLooksLongHas BeensSaidHardCareExistenceExampleFieldsRevolutionPeriodsHorseOilPermanentInternalsStabilityEnginesFavouriteTechnologicalAutomobileHuman ExistenceCombustionOil Field Author:Reed Hastings
“If you look at cable networks, they almost always start licensing content wherever they can, so they can build a subscriber base. But then they start doing their own content; it's a pretty well-trodden path.” IfsWellsLooksPathCablesLicensing Author:Reed Hastings
“About half my work in education is U.S. political reform around school districts and charter schools, and creating more room for entrepreneurial organizations to develop. And about half on technology, which I look at as a global platform.” LooksSchoolPoliticalRoomsHalfTechnologyCreatingOrganizationReformPlatformsEntrepreneurialCharterSchool DistrictsCharter SchoolsPolitical Reform Author:Reed Hastings
“Fibre optic is becoming like electricity. If you look at how electricity spread around the globe 100 years ago, that's what's happening now.” IfsYearsLooksBecomingHappeningsYears AgoSpreadGlobesElectricity Author:Reed Hastings
“In fact, technology has been the story of human progress from as long back as we know. In 100 years people will look back on now and say, 'That was the Internet Age.' And computers will be seen as a mere ingredient to the Internet Age.” PeopleKnowsYearsHumansLooksLongHas BeensFactsStoriesAgeTechnologyProgressInternetComputerMereIngredientsHuman Progress Author:Reed Hastings
