“On the Internet you get continuous innovation, so every year the streams are a little better.” YearsLittlesInternetInnovationStreams Author:Reed Hastings
“Interactivity is a big part of video games, which have been a big part of entertainment for 20 years. That's what we think of as a 'lean-forward' type of entertainment. It's much more intense. But TV is more of a 'lean-back' entertainment - so the big improvement there is on-demand, because it conforms to your schedule.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensBigsGamesTvsTypeDemandEntertainmentImprovementIntenseVideoSchedulesConform Author:Reed Hastings
“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
“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
“I founded Netflix. I've built it steadily over 12 years now, first with DVD becoming profitable in 2002, a head-to-head ferocious battle with Blockbuster and evolving the company toward streaming.” YearsFirstsCompanyBecomingBattleBuiltEvolveProfitableDvdsStreamingNetflixBlockbuster Author:Reed Hastings
“I think there will be 20 years of evolution from linear broadcast to internet television.” ThinkingYearsTelevisionEvolutionInternetLinear Author:Reed Hastings
“What's got me excited about the education space is the growth of the Internet over the next 10, 20, 30 years.” YearsNextGrowthSpaceInternetExcited Author:Reed Hastings
“When we think about online learning, it's such 'early days.' Bill Gates is a wildly smart insightful guy. Yet, even a guy as smart and insightful as that, 30 years ago can say things like,'Who's every going to need more than 640K of memory?'” ThinkingNeedsYearsGuyMemoriesSmartYears AgoBillsOnlineGatesInsightfulOnline Learning 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
