Nations have the wrong granularity. Theyโre too small to be global and too big to be local, and all they can think about is competing.
Nicholas NegroponteYoung people, I happen to believe, are the world's most precious natural resource.
Nicholas NegroponteThe notion of collective contribution, like the Wikipedia, is a very powerful one.
Nicholas NegroponteComputing is not about computers any more. It is about living. Whatever big problem you can imagine, from world peace to the environment to hunger to poverty, the solution always includes education, ... We need to depend more on peer-to-peer and self-driven learning. The laptop is one important means of doing that.
Nicholas Negroponte