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Ron Davison
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Intel Creates a Culture for the Information Economy
It's Intel's 44th birthday today. Here's an excerpt from my book, The Fourth Economy, about Intel's importance.
THE INVENTION OF THE COMPUTER AND THE SPREAD OF KNOWLEDGE
As the world was recovering from World War Two in 1948, Bell Labs announced a product that it thought might “have far-reaching significance in electronics and electrical communication."[1] Three of its employees would eventually sha Read more of this blog post »
THE INVENTION OF THE COMPUTER AND THE SPREAD OF KNOWLEDGE
As the world was recovering from World War Two in 1948, Bell Labs announced a product that it thought might “have far-reaching significance in electronics and electrical communication."[1] Three of its employees would eventually sha Read more of this blog post »
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“If a drug failed as often and had as many side effects as western marriage, the FDA probably would not approve it.”
― The Fourth Economy: Inventing Western Civilization
― The Fourth Economy: Inventing Western Civilization
“At that moment, when you feel like you were born into the wrong society or culture, you have a few choices. You can ignore the gap between the world around you and what you feel within. There are lots of ways to do this, from TV to drugs to desperately trying to succeed within the world’s big social inventions. Another way is to rail at the world for its failings, creating a narrative in which you are right and “they” are wrong. Or you can be humbled by trying to change the world around you just enough to realize your own potential.”
― The Fourth Economy: Inventing Western Civilization
― The Fourth Economy: Inventing Western Civilization
“Entrepreneurs become entrepreneurs for one simple reason: to be free. If you give that up, then you stop being an entrepreneur, and to hell with that. - Wilson Harrell, founder of over 100 companies and former publisher of Inc. Magazine”
― The Fourth Economy: Inventing Western Civilization
― The Fourth Economy: Inventing Western Civilization
“At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously. I hope this isn't too melodramatic or self-centred a way of saying that I attempt to write as if I did not care what reviewers said, what peers thought, or what prevailing opinions may be.”
― A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq
― A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq
