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People always underestimate the impact of technology. To give you

People always underestimate the impact of technology. To give you an example: In the 1970s the frontier for offshore development was 200 meters, today it is 4,000 meters. – Daniel Yergin

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The Russians are turning east to the Chinese – to the Europeans surprise. It always seemed to me that the relationship between Russia and China would shift from being based in Marx and Lenin to being based in oil and gas. – Daniel Yergin

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So the major obstacle to the development of new supplies is not geology but what happens above ground: international affairs, politics, investment and technology. – Daniel Yergin

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I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what Ive invented. – R. Buckminster Fuller

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If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking your head in the sand is not the most plausible strategy. – Ralph Merkle

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Because I do think – not just in building AOL – but just the world in which we live is a very confusing, rapidly changing world where technology has accelerated. – Steve Case

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The research rat of the future allows experimentation without manipulation of the real world. This is the cutting edge of modeling technology. – John Spencer

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