Eric Schmidt
Eric Schmidt
Eric Emerson Schmidtis an American software engineer, a businessperson, and the Executive Chairman of Alphabet, Inc...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth27 April 1955
CountryUnited States of America
spring government people
You can understand Tunisia revolution as a failure to censor the internet. And Libya had that failure too. It's very difficult for governments that are autocratic and don't have broad popular support to be in power when a lot of people have these devices. That was what Arab Spring was about, that people could express this and lead to revolution.
thinking people google
I actually think most people don't want Google to answer their questions. They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next.
thinking impact corporations
I think I could argue that the press has more impact on politics than corporations.
summer google television
By the summer of 2012, the majority of the televisions you see in stores will have Google TV embedded.
looks body addresses
I used to say that you'll have 10 IP address on your body... and it looks like that's going to happen through medical monitoring.
technology world revolution
I spend most of my time assuming the world is not ready for the technology revolution that will be happening to them soon,
evil definitions different
One person's definition of evil is another person's different definition.
brain internet
The Internet of things will augment your brain.
believe google belief
Google is more than a business. Google is a belief system. And we believe passionately in the open Internet model.
giving people focus
I'm able to bring business expertise but, more importantly, operating experience. The people here at Google are young. Every day there are lots of new challenges. I keep things focused. The speech I give everyday is: "This is what we do. Is what you are doing consistent with that, and does it change the world?"
google culture
Google is very much a not-invented-here, build-it-ourselves culture.
iphone androids
Android is ahead of the iPhone now,
government names people
In a world of asynchronous threats, it is too dangerous for there not to be some way to identify you. We need a [verified] name service for people. Governments will demand it.
moving technology government
Technology will move faster than governments, so don't legislate before you understand the consequences