Home / Quotes / Quote by Danny Hillis

Quote by Danny Hillis

“Technology is everything that doesn’t work yet.”

Quote by Danny Hillis

Author

Danny Hillis is a renowned inventor born on September 25, 1956. He has made significant contributions to computer science, artificial intelligence, and robotics. Hillis is known for his innovations in parallel computing and the design of large-scale parallel systems. more

You May Also Like

“Last century, when the beams needed replacing, carpenters used oak trees that had been planted in 1386 when the dining hall was first built. The 14th-century builder had planted the trees in anticipation of the time, hundreds of years in the future, when the beams would need replacing. Did the carpenters plant new trees to replace the beams again a few hundred years from now?”

Needs Years Firsts Lasts Used Tree Century Needed Hundred Built Plant Halls Anticipation Oaks Beam Builder Dining Carpenter Oak Tree

Author:Danny Hillis

“I want to build a clock that ticks once a year. The century hand advances once every one hundred years, and the cuckoo comes out on the millennium. I want the cuckoo to come out every millennium for the next 10,000 years. If I hurry I should finish the clock in time to see the cuckoo come out for the first time.”

Ifs Want Should Years Firsts Hands Next Century Hundred First Time Clock Tick Millennium Cuckoos

Author:Danny Hillis

“The computers are in control. We just live in their world.”

World Computer Just Live

Author:Danny Hillis

“An attitude of only taking what you need was built into the protocols of the Internet itself.”

Needs Attitude Internet Built Protocol

Author:Danny Hillis

“You're not going to be on top of mountain all by yourself with a #2 pencil What we need to learn is how to learn.”

Needs Mountain Pencils

Author:Joichi Ito

“Consequently, the only thing I learned in school was typing. In the old days, people like me who don't have college degrees had a hard time thriving in society. But today, the ability to learn on your own or from your peers has become really easy. I think this change is leading to a fundamental disruption in education. Independent and lifelong learning are really starting to peak - there is an inflection point coming around how people learn.”

People Thinking Hard Today School Easy Ability College Degrees Independent Fundamentals Starting Like Me Hard Times Peers Lifelong Old Days Disruption Typing College Degree Lifelong Learning

Author:Joichi Ito

“Want to increase innovation? Lower the cost of failure.”

Want Cost Increase Innovation

Author:Joichi Ito

“I will be a role model for cancer patients for the rest of my life. But you know what? When I was getting chemo, those people inspired me.”

People Knows Roles Models Inspired Patient Cancer Role Models Cancer Patients

Author:Eric Davis

“In the old days, you became an adult when suddenly your life went from learning to doing the same thing for the rest of your life, but today you can't afford to do that.”

Today Adults Rest Of Your Life Old Days

Author:Joichi Ito

“I don't like the word 'futurists.' I think we should be 'nowists.'”

Thinking Should Futurist

Author:Joichi Ito