One of the ugly secrets of the renewable-energy industry is that its products make no economic sense unless they are highly subsidized. Nathan Myhrvold economicenergyhighly Change image and share on social
I'm one of the first invention capitalists. Nathan Myhrvold capitalistinvention Change image and share on social
If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun! Nathan Myhrvold ballisticblockcamera Change image and share on social
If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important. Nathan Myhrvold findimportantpeople Change image and share on social
The techniques of being an Internet visionary are just like those of lower-tech fortunetellers through the ages. A technological visionary must tell people what they want to hear, because your company's stock won't rise if you spout an unpopular vision to analysts. Nathan Myhrvold ageanalystcompany share on social
Age can be wonderful for red wine, but not for spacecraft. Nathan Myhrvold ageredspacecraft Change image and share on social
If we could create invention capitalism, that would be a helluva legacy, that would be a helluva thing to do... We could actually turbocharge the rate at which the world invents things. Nathan Myhrvold capitalismcreatehelluva Change image and share on social
In market research I did at Microsoft Corp. in the early 1990s, I estimated that the 'Wall Street Journal' took in about 75 cents per copy from subscribers, $1.25 at the newsstand and a whopping $5 per copy from ads. The ad revenue let them run a far bigger newsroom than subscribers were paying for. Nathan Myhrvold 1990sbigcent share on social
One of the greatest things that Apple and Jobs were very good at doing was daring to do the very different thing. It's what I did with my cookbook, frankly. Nathan Myhrvold applecookbookdare Change image and share on social
Technological 'revolutions' don't really overthrow anything - they simply append a new and dynamic market to that which went before. Nathan Myhrvold appenddynamicmarket Change image and share on social