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Sebastian Thrun
German
Scientist
Born:
May 14
,
1967
Car
Education
Me
People
Time
You
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Google X is here to do moonshot-type projects. Not just shooting to the moon, but bringing the moon back to Earth.
Sebastian Thrun
Moon
Google
Back
Earth
Projects
Shooting
Just
To The Moon
Bringing
Here
I have a strong disrespect for authority and for rules. Including gravity. Gravity sucks.
Sebastian Thrun
Strong
Disrespect
Rules
Authority
Sucks
Including
Gravity
I always felt that if countries knew each other better, there would be less war. Often, conflict goes with demonizing other countries and cultures.
Sebastian Thrun
War
Conflict
Better
Other
Other Countries
Would
Would-Be
Knew
Countries
Felt
Always
Cultures
Goes
Often
Less
Each
Technology is synonymous for connection with other people.
Sebastian Thrun
Technology
People
Other
Synonymous
Connection
Honestly, the average American spends about 52 minutes a day in commute traffic. And as much as I love driving my car and many people like driving their car, commuting has never been fun for me.
Sebastian Thrun
Love
Day
Me
People
Car
Honestly
Minutes
About
Never
Driving
Like
Been
Traffic
American
Average
Average American
Much
Commute
Commuting
Fun
Many
I believe e-courses will eventually change people's attitude toward learning. Education will play an increasingly dominant role in people's lives. For people of all ages and all geographies.
Sebastian Thrun
Education
Attitude
Change
Learning
People
Will
Believe
Increasingly
Toward
Dominant
Role
Ages
Eventually
Lives
Play
I feel like everyone has this competitive instinct.
Sebastian Thrun
Everyone
Feel
Instinct
Like
Competitive
Innovation means change.
Sebastian Thrun
Change
Innovation
Means
You can learn for your own sake, and that's fine, but if you come to Udacity, you learn because you want someone else to understand what you learned.
Sebastian Thrun
You
Own
Else
Fine
Someone
Come
Learn
Learned
Because
Understand
Sake
Want
Your
What I see is democratizing education will change everything.
Sebastian Thrun
Education
Change
Will
Everything
See
I have learned, if you give a team a budget, then the team tries to maximise the budget so that they get the same next year.
Sebastian Thrun
You
Year
Tries
Give
Budget
Learned
Get
Same
Then
Next
Next Year
Team
Corporate America is drowning in meetings. To make one thing clear, I am not against communication. Quick one-on-ones can be extremely effective. I am talking about those hour-long recurring meetings, devoid of a clear agenda, and attended by many. I dread them.
Sebastian Thrun
Communication
Meetings
Corporate
Corporate America
Extremely
Those
Dread
One Thing
About
Clear
Recurring
Attended
Drowning
Devoid
Make
Talking
Am
Effective
Quick
America
Against
Them
Agenda
Many
Thing
Horizontal meetings are team or project meetings, set up to coordinate individual activities. When I worked in a large tech company, those meetings just popped up in my calendar by the dozen.
Sebastian Thrun
Meetings
Project
Those
Horizontal
Individual
Calendar
Up
Just
Worked
Team
Large
Company
Activities
Tech
Coordinate
Dozen
Set
Many of us are inspired and are eager to get things done. But once too many people are involved, life becomes complicated. We are all social beings, so we have an innate urge to incorporate everyone's thoughts.
Sebastian Thrun
Life
Thoughts
People
Complicated
Too Many People
Too
Everyone
Once
Inspired
Involved
Becomes
Get
Done
Urge
Social
Us
Many
Beings
Eager
Things
Innate
Incorporate
I was a popular professor. My teaching ratings were usually good. I could take complicated subjects and explain them in an entertaining way.
Sebastian Thrun
Good
Complicated
Way
Entertaining
Ratings
Could
Take
Were
Subjects
Explain
Them
Teaching
Popular
Professor
You don't lose weight by watching someone else exercise. You don't learn by watching someone else solve problems. It became clear to me that the only way to do online learning effectively is to have students solve problems.
Sebastian Thrun
Me
You
Learning
Problems
Lose
Else
Way
Solve
Someone
Online
Only
Students
Weight
Clear
Learn
Became
Exercise
Effectively
Watching
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