Nicholas Negroponte Quotes

Kids Drop Out Of School Mostly Because School Is Boring And Not Particularly Relevant.

Every Child In Uruguay Has A Little Green Laptop.

In Uruguay, The President Of The Country Announced That This Would Be His Legacy, "one Laptop Per Child."

When You Meet A Head Of State, And You Say, 'what Is Your Most Precious Natural Resource?' They Will Not Say Children At First, And Then When You Say, 'children,' They Will Pretty Quickly Agree With You.

Rote Learning Is A Killer For Most Of Us And For Some People, It Really Excludes Them.

When We Go To School, Very Often, We Don't See That Passion Because The Way School Is Run, The Disciplinary Nature Of It And The Rote Learning Are So, Sort Of, Offensive Actually, That Children Sort Of Lose That Passion More Often Than Not.

Big Companies Are Looking Closer Term, And Even The Most Technological Companies Spend Less Than 1% Of Sales On Research. Startups Have Suffered The Burst Bubble.

Mit Is Governed By A Second, Even Higher Rule: The Inalienable Right Of Academic Freedom.

Young People, I Happen To Believe, Are The World's Most Precious Natural Resource.

The Best Way To Guarantee A Steady Stream Of New Ideas Is To Make Sure That Each Person In Your Organization Is As Different As Possible From The Others. Under These Conditions, And Only These Conditions, Will People Maintain Varied Perspectives And Demonstrate Their Knowledge In Different Ways.

While A Significant Part Of Learning Certain Comes From Teaching - But Good Teaching And By Good Teachers - A Major Measure Comes From Exploration, From Reinventing The Wheel And Finding Out For Oneself.

[industrial Design In 50 Years] Will Be Less About Looks And More About Personality Of Artifacts.