Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google Inc., Stresses the Importance of Innovation and Technology in our Future
At Carnegie Mellon’s 112th Commencement Ceremony, Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google Inc., stresses the importance of technology and innovation in our future. According to Schmidt, we need to start using the abundance of information that we have in order to make our own opportunities and learn from our mistakes.
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At Carnegie Mellon’s 112th Commencement Ceremony, Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google Inc., leaves the graduating class with some very sound advice: “Mistakes allow you to learn and to innovate and try new things.” As the CEO of Google, and a former member of the Board of Directors of Apple, one could easily make the assumption that Schmidt has a passion for technology and information. In fact, he believes that information itself will make the world a more global and productive place.
Why is it important to have an unlimited source of information? Beyond the fact it makes life more functional, information serves as an equalizer. If everyone in the world had the same access to all information, we would finally be able to solve the world’s problem of inequality. We live in a culture of innovation, where we can find most of the answers to our problems, and make our own luck and opportunity.
Schmidt stresses the importance of using the information that we have to take chances and mistakes, because it is through mistakes that we can learn and improve. He addresses the graduating class with a quote from John Lennon: “Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans.” By living life and foregoing fear, we will be able to be more innovative than ever before.
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