"Technology is synonymous for connection with other people." — Sebastian Thrun

Obviously, a lot of non-profits live on donations, and that's a wonderful thing. But higher education can't exist on donations only because, if that were the case, we would have a hard time paying teachers adequate salaries.

Do you know that driving accidents are the number one cause of death for young people?

Can we text twice as much while driving, without the guilt? Yes, we can, if only cars will drive themselves.

I was a popular professor. My teaching ratings were usually good. I could take complicated subjects and explain them in an entertaining way.

I'd really love to see a business model for higher education going forward that is actually affordable, that uses modern technology to reach scale and quality and that really reimburses the services rendered in a way that's meaningful to everybody.

When you program a robot to be intelligent, you learn a number of things. You become very humble and develop enormous respect for natural intelligence because, even if you work day and night for several years, your robot isn't that smart after all.

I always felt that if countries knew each other better, there would be less war. Often, conflict goes with demonizing other countries and cultures.

It's important to celebrate your failures as much as your successes. If you celebrate your failures really well, and if you get to the motto and say, 'Wow, I failed, I tried, I was wrong, I learned something,' then you realize you have no fear, and when your fear goes away, you can move the world.

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Technology is synonymous for connection with other people.