Learning by doing, peer-to-peer teaching, and computer simulation are all part of the same equation. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes computer equation learn
Key is the question of where do new ideas come from. Historically, four places: government labs, big corporations, startup companies, and research universities. Nicholas Negroponte bigcompanycorporation Change image and share on social
My goal is not selling laptops. OLPC is not in the laptop business. It's in the education business. Nicholas Negroponte businesseducationgoal Change image and share on social
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. Nicholas Negroponte bigbubbleburst Change image and share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social
If I'm serious, yes, I'd like to have done what Shakespeare did... to act and write. You learn so much from acting. One of our great writers, Alan Bennett, does both supremely well. When I write a story, I tend to speak it aloud as I'm writing it. Michael Morpurgo actalanaloud share on social
Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations. Neil Peart equationhourmarathon Change image and share on social