“If we want to make the best products, we also have to invest in the best ideas... Every dollar we invested to map the human genome returned $140 to our economy... Today, our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer's... Now is not the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation. Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the Space Race.” IfsWantHumansIdeasTodayJobsSpaceAnswersLevelsRaceBrainEconomyProductsDevelopmentCreatingResearchScientistInnovationDollarsInvestmentHeightGutsMapsHuman BrainAlzheimerAlzheimer'sResearch And DevelopmentGenomeMappingSpace RaceEconomy Today Author:Barack Obama
“It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. Stop settling for what's good enough and start creating art that matters.” ArtMatterEnoughCreatingDrawsSettlingMapsGood EnoughCreating ArtComplying Book:Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? Source: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
“People who are constantly looking for the opportunity to do something new are also people who are not going to be helped by having job titles - job titles create expectations of specialization and focus which don't map really well to creating the best possible experience for your customers.” PeopleWellsJobsOpportunityFocusCreatingExpectationsCustomersTitlesMapsSomething NewSpecializationJob Titles Author:Gabe Newell
“Abbie Hoffman's inspiration was, in a sense, inadvertent. I wanted to do something to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Woodstock at the time, and it just happened that Abbie died the same year. Hoffman was always an inspiration to me, for his activism and execution of that activism, and any of his books will give you a guide and a map to creating almost anything, if you apply it to what it is you want to do.” IfsWantGivingYearsBookInspirationWantedHappenedCreatingDiedGuidesActivismCelebrateMapsExecutionWoodstock Author:Richard Cotovsky
“Nigeria was a blank on the map - there weren't even any maps. The US State Department, everyone said don't go there. It was courageous of Harvard University: the notion was that we would match Harvard students with Nigerian students, so that every student would have a guide, creating a guarantee of intimacy with the city.” SaidStatesCitiesStudentsCreatingNotionUniversityGuidesIntimacyGuaranteesDepartmentMapsCourageousBlankHarvardNigeriaHarvard University Author:Rem Koolhaas
“If we start creating our own maps, our own world, our own vision, then there's no way for the cultural tyrants to program us. And, that's why they're pushing so hard to get more outrageous.” IfsWorldWayHardVisionCreatingProgramPushingMapsTyrantsOutrageous Author:Alex Jones