Teller
Teller
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntertainer
Date of Birth14 February 1948
CountryUnited States of America
contest people
If you're shooting to make the world 10% better, you're in a smartness contest with everyone else in the world - and you're going to lose. There are too many smart people in the world.
millions points
Your body is spewing off millions of data points a second.
creativity bravery world
The world is not limited by IQ. We are all limited by bravery and creativity.
mean succeed failing
Failing doesn't have to mean not succeeding,
world should better-place
We should be focused on making the world a better place, and once we do that, the money will come back and find us.
batteries density enable found great increase
A ten-times increase in the weight-oriented density of batteries would enable so many other moonshots, if we can find a great idea. We just haven't found one yet.
picking starts
Moonshot thinking starts with picking a big problem: something huge, long existing, or on a global scale.
accident car die drive eat energy lives people rest spend text year
Most of us have to spend a lot of energy to learn how to drive a car. Then we have to spend the rest of our lives over-concentrating as we drive and text and eat a burrito and put on makeup. As a result, 30,000 people die every year in a car accident in the U.S.
carry cooler phones weight
Phones would not be better if they could be cooler looking, if they could weight less, or if they could have more battery. Phones would be better if we didn't have to carry them around.
issue number throw
Actually, that issue of 'Don't be evil' is probably the number one reason we throw out ideas.
bag great
If software's the only thing in your bag of tools, I'm not going to give you great odds.
artificial comment engaging known life number stories tried
Our culture already has a number of well known stories about artificial life and non-human intelligence. In 'Exegesis,' I've tried to not only tell a new and engaging story but also to comment on those well known stories through the details of my novel.
bright groups incredibly lots software
Google is already overflowing with incredibly creative bright groups already working on lots of the software problems of the world.
changing generally glass grant issues move needle people
I grant that people are generally uncomfortable with how fast privacy issues are changing in the world, but Google Glass is not going to move the needle on that.