“Innovation is the key to the future, but basic research is the key to future innovation.”
Jerome Isaac Friedman (1930) American physicist
"Will Innovation Flourish in the Future?," 2002
Comments made in the Q and A part of a speech at the Silicon Valley computer museum in 2005 regarding the energy spent in Silicon Valley at managing perception as opposed to creating new technology. In response to a question about the power of venture capital and consumer marketing and how it is determining the future of technology.
“Innovation is the key to the future, but basic research is the key to future innovation.”
Jerome Isaac Friedman (1930) American physicist
"Will Innovation Flourish in the Future?," 2002
Philippe Kahn (1952) Entrepreneur, camera phone creator
On financial planning at a speech at the Smithsonian.
“Implementing best practice is copying yesterday; innovation is inventing tomorrow.”
Paul Sloane (1950) British author and puzzle designer
Source: Quoted in "Paul Sloane Quotes on Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/770591-implementing-best-practice-is-copying-yesterday-innovation-is-inventing-tomorrow/ (1 April 2013)
“In an age of multiple and massive innovations, obsolescence becomes the major obsession.”
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
"Innovation is obsolete", Evergreen review, Volume 15, Issues 86-94, Grove Press, 1971, p. 64
1970s
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.”
Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor
“Every major technological innovation propels humanity forward to the point of no return.”
Newton Lee American computer scientist
Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2014
“Innovation - the heart of technological change - is fundamentally a learning process.”
Peter Dicken (1938) British geographer
Source: Global Shift (2003) (Fourth Edition), Chapter 4, Technology: The Engine of change, p. 115
Barry Eichengreen (1952) Economist
Barry Eichengreen, The European economy since 1945 : coordinated capitalism and beyond, Ch. 5 : Eastern Europe and the Planned Economy
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
Source: 1980s, Laws of Media: The New Science (with Eric McLuhan) (1988), p. 98