Abundance: Quotes
Book by Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
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Through compelling case studies in housing, energy, government, innovation, and technology deployment, Klein and Thompson argue that our most pressing challenges stem from chosen scarcities rather than natural limits. They outline a framework for building a future with more homes, cleaner energy, better governance, and breakthrough innovations that make life better for everyone.
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The Bell Labs Success Formula
'If Bell Labs had a formula, it was to hire the smartest people, give them space and time to work, and make sure that they talk to each other.'
- Jon Gertner, author of The Idea Factory
Section: 1, Chapter: 4
'Doomed to Succeed': How Scientific Research Lost Its Edge
'We want the most life-saving, life-enhancing, productivity-expanding inventions and innovations possible. That means we need a system that is designed to take more risks, and accept more failures, as a part of the scientific process. The problem isn't that too much science is "doomed to fail." It's the opposite. Too much science is doomed to succeed—fated to duplicate what we know rather than risk failure by reaching into the unknown.'
- James Evans
Section: 1, Chapter: 4
Focus Is the Foundation of Success
'On the Warp Speed team, you could have asked anyone what the project's goal was, from the generals and leaders, down to the lowest-ranking officials, and they would all give the same answer: deliver at least one safe and effective vaccine, manufactured at scale, before the end of the year. Every decision we made was based on those constraints.'
- Paul Mango, deputy chief of staff for policy at the Department of Health and Human Services during Operation Warp Speed
Section: 1, Chapter: 5
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