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Sebastian Thrun


German
May 14, 1967
Scientist
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This is the age of disruption.


Sebastian Thrun
Tags: Age Disruption
If we could do away with traffic accidents, that'd be wonderful. There'd be more than a million people saved every year on this planet.
Sebastian Thrun
Tags: People More Than
We're often too entrenched in existing structures and are so primed to think that if we grew up with the values and the norms, they have to be correct.
Sebastian Thrun
Tags: Think Up Too
I'm really looking forward to a time when generations after us look back and say how ridiculous it was that humans were driving cars.
Sebastian Thrun
Tags: Time Car Really
You are going to fail, and failing, for me, is as joyful as succeeding. Failing means that there is something to learn, and we can improve and do it better next time.
Sebastian Thrun
Tags: Time You Me
Giving education away for free is a really good idea, but it can't be the future of education. There has to be a business model around it that actually works.
Sebastian Thrun
Question every assumption and go towards the problem, like the way they flew to the moon. We should have more moon shots and flights to the moon in areas of societal importance.
Sebastian Thrun
Tags: Like More Way
Most rules that you think are written in stone are just societal. You can change the game and really reach for the stars and make the world a better place.
Sebastian Thrun
Tags: Change You Think
Every time I act on a fear, I feel disappointed in myself. I have a lot of fear. If I can quit all fear in my life and all guilt, then I tend to be much, much more living up to my standards. I've never seen a person fail if they didn't fear failure.
Sebastian Thrun
Tags: Time Fear Failure
I used to tell my graduate students at Stanford, 'Don't worry about what job you have to pick because your job picks you. Let your job pick you. Find something you are passionate about. Then when you are passionate, be persistent. Just keep doing it for a while because progress is always hard work. It never rests in ideas.'
Sebastian Thrun
Tags: Work You About