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Ralph Merkle

"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."

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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."

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"Thanks to the internet, you can provoke thoughts of those in mansions, from the uncomfortableness of your shack."

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"IT continues to grow in importance to organizations, both operationally and as a competitive advantage."

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"Digital innovation is a dynamic storybook that has intricate chapters, with a serendipitous cover, which can be flipped over to the next level, but it is a book that never ends."

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"Connectivity enables transparency for better government, education, and health."

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"It was as impersonal as the Internet itself, the object responsible for connecting you to long lost people in your life, and many new ones, none of whom you will ever see."

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"When artificial intelligence comes of age, the first thing it's going to do is get rid of the inefficient parts.And guess who that will be!And what will happen to us?Well, to find out the answer to that question all you have to do is see what we do with all of our unwanted rubbish."

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