Sebastian Thrun
Sebastian Thrun
Sebastian Thrunis an innovator, entrepreneur educator, and computer scientist from Germany. He was CEO and cofounder of Udacity. Before that, he was a Google VP and Fellow, and a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. At Google, he founded Google X. He is currently also an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University and at Georgia Tech...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth14 May 1967
CountryGermany
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We need to make education so much fun that students can't help but learn.
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It's important to celebrate your failures as much as your successes. If you celebrate your failures really well, and if you get to the motto and say, 'Wow, I failed, I tried, I was wrong, I learned something,' then you realize you have no fear, and when your fear goes away, you can move the world.
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Most rules that you think are written in stone are just societal. You can change the game and really reach for the stars and make the world a better place.
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Technology is synonymous for connection with other people.
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Honestly, the average American spends about 52 minutes a day in commute traffic. And as much as I love driving my car and many people like driving their car, commuting has never been fun for me.
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We had a good day, ... It has been quite rewarding to partner with Volkswagen on an event that contributes to such significant advancements in vehicle technology.
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The potential here is enormous. Autonomous vehicles will be as important as the Internet.
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I don't think we will put higher-ed out of business. I think we'll evolve it. More access, higher quality, lower costs, more global reach.
If it was only for the military, I wouldn't be here today.
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I always felt that if countries knew each other better, there would be less war. Often, conflict goes with demonizing other countries and cultures.
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I always love to be careful with my expectations so that life has pleasant surprises for me.
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I find it amazingly easy to take something, if you really believe in it, and turn it to reality.
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I feel every technology can be abused, but fundamentally we put new technologies into the service of humanity.
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You have to understand that teaching online is different, just like movies are different from the stage and TV is different from radio.