Joe Lonsdale Quotes

The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs or of archetypal wishes, but the reparation of the evils and damages by the technology of yesterday.

I want to impact the world through futuristic yet affordable technologies to make the world a better place.

I don't want to tell a story about how technological advancement is bad.

Ultimately, to me, the computer is just a big pencil. What can we sketch using this pencil that makes a positive difference to society and advances the state of the art, hopefully in an outsized way?

We want to inspire everyone to recognize the positive social impact they can have if they choose to become technologists.

I think it's the responsibility of people in tech to find solutions.

At the end of the day the question comes, what are you doing for the world? You have to try to do something that's going to add something positive.

What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.

I actually think the one who is underestimated in terms of impact he's had on society is Bill Gates. The reason is that with the innovation of software, he really allowed the computer revolution to take hold.

For better or worse, that is true with any new innovation, certainly any new technological innovation. There's many good things that come out of it, but also some bad things. All you can do is try to maximize the good stuff and minimize the bad stuff.

I want to make a difference in the world because I believe that's what science is for.

We are serious as a heart attack about making the world a better place.

It's been ingrained in me, from my parents and others, this idea of making a difference in the world.

The pace of technological change in recent years has been both impressive and positive for consumers.

Like many young people, I believe I have potential to make a positive impact in the world.

I feel every technology can be abused, but fundamentally we put new technologies into the service of humanity.

We know that defence work results in more than great defence hardware - it can drive innovation and advances in all areas of our life.

Technology is a wonderful tool, but also if used incorrectly a horrible tool. We're fascinated by all aspects of it, whatever makes our human lives easier on the planet, but eventually there will have to be some sort of merger. The fascination isn't going to die down.

I am trying to change the world.

I believe the continually advancing Information Revolution will lend us the wisdom and strength to address humanity's previously unsolvable problems and help us make a positive impact on all of society.

I think young people can make such an extraordinarily important difference in making this world a better place.

With any advent in technology, any technological innovation, there is the good and the bad.

Of course, technology is not an exogenous force over which humans have no control. We are not constrained by a binary choice between acceptance and rejection. Rather, the decisions we make every day as citizens, consumers, and investors guide technological progress.

Scientists are not delinquents. Our work has changed the conditions in which men live, but the use made of these changes is the problem of governments, not of scientists.

There's a world to save. Don't let anybody tell you you can't change the world. You can, and you have a moral responsibility to try.