Read an interesting article called "The Art of Forecasting and Futures Planning." It has some quotes by famous people and foundations that really make you question the limiting vision we have.
"what can be more palpably absurd than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stagecoaches" The Quarterly Review, England 1825
"This telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The devise is inherently of no value to us" memo at Western Union 1878
"Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value" Marshal Ferdinad Foch, future WWI Supreme Commander of Allied Armies, 1911
"The cinema is little more than a fad. It's canned drama. What audiences really want to see is flesh and blood on the stage" Charlie Chaplin 1916
"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" Harry Warner, Warner Bros. 1927
"A rocket will never be able to leave the earths atmosphere" New York Times 1936
"there is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shatterred at will" Albert Einstein 1932
"Two years from now, 'spam' will be solved" Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates 2004
Good examples of why someones opinion of "that won't work" should be taken lightly.
"We are limited, not by our abilities but by our vision" author unknown
"what can be more palpably absurd than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stagecoaches" The Quarterly Review, England 1825
"This telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The devise is inherently of no value to us" memo at Western Union 1878
"Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value" Marshal Ferdinad Foch, future WWI Supreme Commander of Allied Armies, 1911
"The cinema is little more than a fad. It's canned drama. What audiences really want to see is flesh and blood on the stage" Charlie Chaplin 1916
"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" Harry Warner, Warner Bros. 1927
"A rocket will never be able to leave the earths atmosphere" New York Times 1936
"there is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shatterred at will" Albert Einstein 1932
"Two years from now, 'spam' will be solved" Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates 2004
Good examples of why someones opinion of "that won't work" should be taken lightly.
"We are limited, not by our abilities but by our vision" author unknown
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