I think our society is no longer properly valuing the intangible potential of innovation, even if we have to be a little uncomfortable with the risks associated with it, and a little bit willing to fail, pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off and try again. We donโt seem to want to do that as much as we used too.
Dean KamenMy biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I thought 10 years was a really long time.
Dean KamenAn innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we make this part of the way we live and work, it will change the way we live and work.
Dean KamenSporting competitions seem to be what we obsess over, frankly. So if we can put engineering, science, technology into a format of healthy, fun competition, we can attract all sorts of kids that might not see the kind of activity we do as accessible or rewarding.
Dean KamenI think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you can do with your life.
Dean KamenInvention and entrepreneurship isn't about pure technology. Most people take whatever they see in front of them and relate it to something they understand. For at least ten years after Ford started building cars, people called them horseless carriages. It wasn't obvious to call it a car. They used to call the radio 'the wireless.' Innovation is much more about changing people and their perceptions and their attitudes and their willingness to accept change than it is about physics and engineering.
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