Walter Isaacson is an American writer and journalist. He is the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C. He has been the chairman an...
Walter Isaacson Biography
Walter Isaacson Life
Networks transform everything they touch. Because of the Internet’s architecture, gatekeepers get disintermediated. Walter Isaacson
Networks transform everything they touch. Because of the Internet’s architecture, gatekeepers get disintermediated.
I want it to be as beautiful as possible, even if it's inside the box. A great carpenter isn't going to use lousy wood for the back of a cabinet, even though nobody's going to see it. Walter Isaacson
I want it to be as beautiful as possible, even if it's inside the box. A great carpenter isn't going to use lousy wood for the back of a cabinet, even though nobody's going to see it.
You should never start a company with the goal of getting rich. Your goal should be making something you believe in and making a company that will last. Walter Isaacson
You should never start a company with the goal of getting rich. Your goal should be making something you believe in and making a company that will last.
When a person can take pleasure in marching in step to a piece of music it is enough to make me despise him. He has been given his big brain only by mistake. Walter Isaacson
When a person can take pleasure in marching in step to a piece of music it is enough to make me despise him. He has been given his big brain only by mistake.
There was no such thing as the Scientific Revolution. Walter Isaacson
There was no such thing as the Scientific Revolution.
When another asserted something that I thought an error, I denied myself the pleasure of contradicting him. Walter Isaacson
When another asserted something that I thought an error, I denied myself the pleasure of contradicting him.
Progress comes not only in great leaps but also from hundreds of small steps Walter Isaacson
Progress comes not only in great leaps but also from hundreds of small steps
A nation which depends upon others for its new basic scientific knowledge will be slow in its industrial progress and weak in its competitive position in world trade. Walter Isaacson
A nation which depends upon others for its new basic scientific knowledge will be slow in its industrial progress and weak in its competitive position in world trade.
Innovation requires articulation. Walter Isaacson
Innovation requires articulation.
What would have happened if Franklin had, in fact, received a formal academic education and gone to Harvard? Walter Isaacson
What would have happened if Franklin had, in fact, received a formal academic education and gone to Harvard?
Jobs insisted that Apple focus on just two or three priorities at a time. “There is no one better at turning off the noise that is going on around him,” Cook said. Walter Isaacson
Jobs insisted that Apple focus on just two or three priorities at a time. “There is no one better at turning off the noise that is going on around him,” Cook said.
It's about doing something larger than yourself. It's about serving this world, helping others. Walter Isaacson
It's about doing something larger than yourself. It's about serving this world, helping others.
