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What is technology? It’s technique. It’s the way we all do things. And when you discover a way to do things, its value is multiplied by all who use it. It is the proverbial fishing rod rather than the fish. That’s the difference between a startup and a restaurant or a barber shop. You fry eggs or cut hair one customer at a time. Whereas if you solv
... See morenew zaibatsu’s management was based on a fresh principle: the new zaibatsu took a form that united companies with technology,
Hiromi Mizuno • Science for the Empire: Scientific Nationalism in Modern Japan
Japanese people have been excellent in perfecting technologies. The standard example was the way they improved on the Chinese abacus which has seven beads, two above, five below, rounded and noisy. The Japanese reduced the seven beads to five, one above, four below, with sharp edges, silent and fast. So too Japanese chopsticks. The pointed ends mak
... See moreKuan Yew Lee • The Wit and Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
“I devote my life to technology.... I am going to Manchuria to do some creation” (sōsaku o
Hiromi Mizuno • Science for the Empire: Scientific Nationalism in Modern Japan
the latest advances in marine technology
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
Our civilization is built on technology.
Technology is the glory of human ambition and achievement, the spearhead of progress, and the realization of our potential.
For hundreds of years, we properly glorified this – until recently.
I am here to bring the good news.
We can advance to a far superior way of living... See more