Author: Dean Kamen

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I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life for a bunch of people.

I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life for a bunch of people.

- Dean Kamen

Nothing that has value, real value, has no cost. Not freedom, not food, not shelter, not healthcare.

Nothing that has value, real value, has no cost. Not freedom, not food, not shelter, not healthcare.

- Dean Kamen

Thinking is my hobby. But sometimes you get to where you're stuck and you can't figure it out, so you just go work on another project. I always have multiple projects.

Thinking is my hobby. But sometimes you get to where you're stuck and you can't figure it out, so you just go work on another project. I always have multiple projects.

- Dean Kamen

Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile.

Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile.

- Dean Kamen

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

- Dean Kamen

More than ever, the world needs good engineers. However, the pool of talent is shrinking not growing.

More than ever, the world needs good engineers. However, the pool of talent is shrinking not growing.

- Dean Kamen

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.

- Dean Kamen

Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation.

Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation.

- Dean Kamen

Innovation is so hard and so frustrating; it takes the intersections of people with courage, vision, and resources.

Innovation is so hard and so frustrating; it takes the intersections of people with courage, vision, and resources.

- Dean Kamen

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