Astro Teller
Astro Teller
Astro Telleris an entrepreneur, scientist, and author, with expertise in the field of intelligent technology...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth29 May 1970
level reaches technology ultimate work
When technology reaches that level of invisibility in our lives, that's our ultimate goal. It vanishes into our lives. It says, 'You don't have to do the work; I'll do the work.'
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Making a moonshot is almost more an exercise in creativity than it is in technology.
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To say a scientist is not at all responsible is wrong. But to say that someone who invents a piece of knowledge or technology is responsible for all future uses is ridiculous. It doesn't have to be that binary.
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Doing exercise without monitoring yourself will be rare in the future of wearable technology.
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One of the missions of Google[x] is to use technology to get technology out of the way
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We know in our hearts that technology at its best should make us feel even more human than we currently feel. Sometimes it makes us feel less human.
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Rather than thinking of ourselves as a computer, and trying to give you computer-like functionality, it's better to start from the understanding that this is a pair of glasses, and say, 'How smart can we make these glasses for you?'
people
Really, having people who have different mental perspectives is what's important.
great mix
Really great entrepreneurs have this very special mix of unstoppable optimism and scathing paranoia.
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People text when they're meant to actually be driving. So imagine what they do when they think the car's got it under control.
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Every day, hundreds of millions of people stab themselves, bleed, and then offer, like a sacrifice, to the glucose monitor they're carrying with them. It's such a bad user interface that even though in the medium-term it's life or death for these people, hundreds of millions of people don't engage in this user interface.
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Use creativity and storytelling as your main muscle instead of smartness.
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There's no point having something worn on your body - that's a big ask - unless you can give people something they really couldn't get otherwise. It has to be qualitatively better for it to be worn.
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We don't take on Google Glass or the self-driving car project or Project Loon unless we think that on a risk-adjusted basis, it's worth Google's money to do it.