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The Way Moore's Law Occurs In Computing Is Really Unprecedented In Other Walks Of Life. If The Boeing 747 Obeyed Moore's Law, It Would Travel A Million Miles An Hour, It Would Be Shrunken Down In Size, And A Trip To New York Would Cost About Five Dollars. Those Enormous Changes Just Aren't Part Of Our Everyday Experience.

People Get Cranky When You Burst Their Bubble. Over Time, Advances In Astronomy Have Relentlessly Reinforced The Utter Insignificance Of Earth On A Celestial Scale. Fortunately, Political And Religious Leaders Stopped Barbecuing Astronomers For Saying So, Turning Their Spits With Human-rights Activists Instead.

There's No Way I'm Going To Stand Up For Bad Ingredients. We Love Seasonal Ingredients. It's A False Dichotomy To Say That Modern Cooking Is At Odds With That, But Some People Want To Have A Great Ingredient And No Technique.

Intellectual Ventures Is A Company That Invests In Invention.

Risk Is The Sort Of Word That Is Easy To Discuss Upfront But Tough To Handle When It Comes Time To Pay The Piper. There Will Always Be Some Who Wimp Out And Second-guess When The Pain Hits, But That Is A Childish Reaction.