Share what you do profusely, because it will be remixed by others into something new, rich and strange.
Tim O'ReillyRead
So many technologies start out with a burst of idealism, democratization, and opportunity, and over time, they close down and become less friendly to entrepreneurship, to innovation, to new ideas. Over time, the companies that become dominant take more out of the ecosystem than they put back in.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Technological advancements often begin with enthusiasm and progress but can devolve into monopolistic practices that stifle innovation.
This quote by Tim O'Reilly reflects on the trajectory of many technologies, which often begin with high hopes of creating opportunities and promoting innovation. However, as these technologies mature, they can lead to dominance by a few key players who prioritize their interests over the collective welfare, ultimately diminishing the initial idealism and hindering the ecosystem that once fostered creativity and entrepreneurship.
Themes
TechnologyInnovationEntrepreneurshipEcosystemDominance
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a technology conference to discuss the importance of fostering a positive environment for innovation.
More from Tim O'Reilly
All quotes βI find that creative streak I think often leads in programmers to be good predictors of where culture as a whole is going to go. And that is where I think I've tried over the years to in some ways use my customers as a filter or a predictor of where technology as a whole is going to go. Or where the world as a whole is going to go.
Tim O'ReillyRead
The Lean Startup isn't just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business, it's about what we can learn from those businesses to improve virtually everything we do. I imagine Lean Startup principles applied to government programs, to healthcare, and to solving the world's great problems. It's ultimately an answer to the question: How can we learn more quickly what works, and discard what doesn't?
Tim O'ReillyRead
An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started.
Tim O'ReillyRead
At O'Reilly, the way we think about our business is that we're not a publisher; we're not a conference producer; we're a company that helps change the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators.
Tim O'ReillyRead
Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don't want to run out of gas on your trip, but you're not doing a tour of gas stations. You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn't be about the money.
Tim O'ReillyRead
Similar quotes
As you start building the product, don't assume that you know all the answers. Listen to the community and adapt. We had a lot of our own ideas about how the service would evolve. Coming from PayPal and eBay, we saw YouTube as a powerful way to add video to auctions, but we didn't see anyone using our product that way, so we didn't add features to support it.
Chad HurleyRead
I have seen women who are very interested in tech finish their graduate or undergraduate degrees, but then choose not to pursue a career in tech because they're not sure they want to spend the next 20-30 years in an industry that's very male dominated.
Padmasree WarriorRead
When you're trying to solve a problem on a new product type, you become completely focused on problems that seem a number of steps removed from the main product. That problem solving can appear a little abstract, and it is easy to lose sight of the product.
Jonathan IveRead
We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government.
William O. DouglasRead
We went to Ladakh ... and we asked this woman, 'What was the benefit you had from solar electricity?' And she thought for a minute and said, 'It's the first time I can see my husband's face in winter.'
Bunker RoyRead
Machine learning is looking for patterns in data. If you start with racist data, you will end up with even more racist models. This is a real problem.
Oren EtzioniRead