“all progress depends on the

unreasonable man”

George Bernard Shaw

“A crisis is a terrible thing to
waste.”

Paul Romer
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P “The ‘telephone’ has too
many shortcomings to be
seriously considered a means
of communication”

-Western Union Internal Memo,

1876
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“There is no reason for any

individuals to have a computer
in their home”

-Ken Olsen, President, Chairman and

Founder of DEC, 1977
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“Heavier-than-air flying
machines are impossible”

-Lord Kelvin, President, Royal Society 1895

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“Airplanes are interesting toys

but of no military value”

-Marshall Ferdinand Foch,

Professor of Strategy,
Ecole Superiure de Guerre
Renewable Energy:
Maintech, not Cleantech

Vinod Khosla
Khosla Ventures
April 2009