Paul Saffo
Paul Saffo
Paul Saffois a technology forecaster based in Silicon Valley. A Consulting Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University, Saffo teaches courses on the future of engineering and the impact of technological change on the future. In 2008, Saffo was named Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Stanford Media X research network...
mind intellectual microsoft
Microsoft is a big intellectual roach motel. All the big minds go in, and they don't come out.
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The Web is a compelling new medium being put to all kinds of uses, by everyone from banks to Cub Scouts to flying saucer cults. That said, it can also be a powerful folly amplifier.
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Hipness is the only asset that matters.
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We tend to use a new technology to do an old task more efficiently. We pave the cow paths.
player design tools
The future belongs to neither the conduit or content players, but those who control the filtering, searching and sense-making tools we will rely on to navigate through the expanses of cyberspace.
technology opportunity years
It turns out it takes 30 years for a new idea to seep into the culture. Technology does not drive change. It is our collective response to the options and opportunities presented by technology that drives change.
singing cards world
Each time you toss out a 'singing' greeting card, you are disposing of more computing power than existed in the entire world before 1950.
views age world
"Point of view" is that quintessentially human solution to information overload, an intuitive process of reducing things to an essential relevant and manageable minimum.. In a world of hyper abundant content, point of view will become the scarcest of resources.
meaningful goal needs
The goal of forecasting is not to predict the future but to tell you what you need to know to take meaningful action in the present
mistake distance views
Never mistake a clear view for a short distance.
iphone cyberspace pockets
Before the iPhone, cyberspace was something you went to your desk to visit. Now cyberspace is something you carry in your pocket.
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This is a unique conference. It is a forum for the AMD community to consider not just immediate technology trends and their business impacts, but also to explore the larger, longer-term surprises that technological innovation presents for society at large.
business community consider explore forum immediate innovation presents society surprises technology trends unique
This is a unique conference, ... It is a forum for the AMD community to consider not just immediate technology trends and their business impacts, but also to explore the larger, longer-term surprises that technological innovation presents for society at large.
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It will be consumers who will decide those solutions are good ones or not. I can guarantee you that Bluetooth will end up having its most important uses being uses that nobody can guess at today.