If you look at the history of technology over a couple hundred years, it's all about time compression and making the globe smaller. It's had positive effects, all the ones that we know. So we're much less likely to have the kind of terrible misunderstandings that led to World War I, for example.
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"If you look at the history of technology over a couple hundred years, it's all about time compression and making the globe smaller. It's had positive effects, all the ones that we know. So we're much less likely to have the kind of terrible misunderstandings that led to World War I, for example." — Eric Schmidt #technologydigitallife #warpeace
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If you look at the history of technology over a couple hundred years, it's all about time compression and making the globe smaller. It's had positive effects, all the ones that we know. So we're much less likely to have the kind of terrible misunderstandings that led to World War I, for example. — Eric Schmidt
About Eric Schmidt
Eric Schmidt was a Businessman from United States (1955–present).
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This quote is attributed to Eric Schmidt, a Businessman from United States.
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Eric Schmidt lived from 1955 – present.
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