I think you would find almost anyone who stands up for their patent rights has been called a patent troll. Nathan Myhrvold callfindpatent Change image and share on social
Being a visionary is a new profession, but it is really just a variant on fortunetelling, which may be the world's oldest. And its marketing appeal is similar - people will pay for reassurance about the unknown. Nathan Myhrvold appealfortunetellingmarkete share on social
We pay for content that we like, and we like the content we pay for. It's a lot more satisfying to pay $7.50 for Steven Spielberg's next epic than it is to watch my home movies for free. Even for me. Nathan Myhrvold contentepicfree Change image and share on social
Microsoft, Apple, Facebook all bought huge patent portfolios to further their strategic game. They're doing what I'm doing! Nathan Myhrvold applebuyfacebook Change image and share on social
Anybody who can afford a box of business cards can afford a Web site. Any company with an 800 number can move its services to the Web for peanuts by comparison. The extreme case of corporate promotion is to strip away all other aspects of your business and sell goods or services via the Net alone, as amazon.com has done with books. Nathan Myhrvold affordamazonaspect share on social
There's a limit to how much you can deploy renewables, like wind or solar. People will talk about getting up to 30 percent of America's power from renewables, but you can't get to 100 percent because of their unreliability. Nathan Myhrvold americadeploylimit share on social
When we first did 'Modernist Cuisine,' I think most people in cookbook publishing would have said, 'This is insane.' Nathan Myhrvold cookbookcuisineinsane Change image and share on social
With cult foods, there is an underlying assumption that the best cooking ideas came generations ago. Yet culinary innovation is nothing to be ashamed of. When a chef tells me he is cooking with his grandmother's recipe, I always wonder why. Did talent skip the past two generations? Nathan Myhrvold agoashamedassumption share on social
Most estimates of the mortality risk posed by asteroid impacts put it at about the same risk as flying in a commercial airliner. However, you have to remember that this is like the entire human race riding the plane - it is one of the few risks that really could wipe us all out. Nathan Myhrvold airlinerasteroidcommercial share on social
My company invents all kinds of new technology in lots of different areas. And we do that for a couple of reasons. We invent for fun - invention is a lot of fun to do - and we also invent for profit. The two are related because the profit actually takes long enough that if it isn't fun, you wouldn't have the time to do it. Nathan Myhrvold areacompanycouple share on social