Barry Barish Quotes

The United States is still an enormous generator of innovation, from which other nations have long benefitted. But we now also have the opportunity to benefit from innovation taking place around the world.

The inventions and the great discoveries have opened up whole continents to reciprocal communication and interchange, provided we are willing.

Neighbor is no longer confined to the vocabulary of the individual. It is a national word. Modern inventions have annihilated distance. Commercial relations have broken down barriers of race and religion, and the family of nations is a recognized fact.

I'm much more optimistic about this next generation because this is the first global generation.

I would think the correlation between an era of increased globalization and an increased desire to participate in an entrepreneurial endeavor is not a coincidence. When interconnectedness is at a peak due to technological advances, the ability to spawn something new is slightly easier.

We recognize the new order in the world, with the closer contacts which progress has wrought.

The world is interconnected and causations run in many directions at once.

… ideas. commodities even, refuse the bounds of a nation. All are inextricably connected…. This is true especially of our modern world with its complex commerce and means of intellectual connection.

Distance is collapsing in our world. People all over the world are having difficulty imagining their future, and their governments just tell them about the virtues of the past.

We've moved from a small world on a big planet to a big world on a small planet.

New York and Dublin are now suburbs of each other.

Globalization is going to bring us closer and closer together across nations and technology you can't stop.

Our computers have become windows through which we can gaze upon a world that is virtually without horizons or boundaries.

No country can be an island unto itself or world unto itself. Not even the biggest country.

We live in a global society, and I don't think we can talk about, quote unquote, 'American themes' anymore.

It's been a great privilege to see how interwoven nations are and how incredibly complex these relationships are. It's so elaborate.

Trade and investment are good for innovation - open economies allow new ideas and technologies to diffuse more quickly from wherever they are created.

In an era of ever-increasing globalization, what it takes to become and remain a science superpower has fundamentally changed.

With the advent of technology the world has surely become a smaller place.

Despite unprecedented levels of technological advancement and the interconnectedness of the world, the pursuit of truth in the realms of foreign policy and national security remains a critical issue. This is because the level of 'noise' that must be sifted through has also reached an unprecedented size and scope.

My generation is so intelligent.

The 21st century is significantly different from the 20th century. The old models will not hold anymore. More and more, we are one people on Earth. We need to share our problems.

Today, our world is more interconnected than ever. This offers many opportunities; it creates wealth and new freedoms. Yet our world is also vulnerable, full of friction points and conflicts of interest.

The Internet is a global resource that does not belong to any one nation or alliance. It has contributed to amazing economic growth, collaboration, civil education, and awe-inspiring lifestyle improvements for billions of people.

The world is becoming smaller every day.