Jeff Hawkins Quotes

United States, Entrepreneur
June 1, 1957

Jeffrey Hawkins (born June 1, 1957) is the American founder of Palm Computing (where he invented the PalmPilot) and Handspring (where he invented the Treo). He has since turned to work on neuroscience full-time, founded the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience (formerly the Redwood Neuroscience Institute) in 2002, founded Numenta in 2005 and published On Intelligence describing his memory-prediction framework theory of the brain. In 2003 he was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering "for the creation of the hand-held computing paradigm and the creation of the first commercially successful example of a hand-held computing device."

Also known as Programmer, Scientist

Annexation is probably the most valuable tool a city has to ensure orderly growth and development.

Jeff Hawkins
- City
- Growth
And, you know, the fact is, if you believe in evolution, we all have a common ancestor, and we all have a common ancestry with the plant in the lobby. This is what evolution tells us. And, it's true. It's kind of unbelievable.

Jeff Hawkins
- Believe
- True
- Plant

If you look at the history of big obstacles in understanding our world, there's usually an intuitive assumption underlying them that's wrong.

Jeff Hawkins
A lot of America's success is because we're an open society and haven't brought dogma or religious influence into the American political process.

Jeff Hawkins
- American
- America
- Success
'Dream Act' kids are like all other American kids, with the exception that they have to work harder to excel in school, they live in fear of deportation, and they worry about their future.

Jeff Hawkins
- Work
- Live
- School
At times in the past, the U.S. did not restrict the number of immigrants.

Jeff Hawkins
- Past
In grade school I was taught that the United States is a melting pot. People from all over the world come here for freedom and to pursue a better life. They arrive with next to nothing, work incredibly hard, learn a new language and new customs, and in a generation they become an integral part of our amazing nation.

Jeff Hawkins
- People
- Life
- World
Prediction is not just one of the things your brain does. It is the primary function of the neo-cortex, and the foundation of intelligence.

Jeff Hawkins
- Brain

Whatever the difference between brilliant and average brains, we are all creative. And through practice and study we can enhance our skills and talents.

Jeff Hawkins
- Practice
- Study
You and I are streaming data engines.

Jeff Hawkins
Although it requires some adjustment by those already here, immigration has made the U.S.A. the most prosperous nation on Earth.

Jeff Hawkins
- Earth
- Immigration
You can't imagine how much detail we know about brains. There were 28,000 people who went to the neuroscience conference this year, and every one of them is doing research in brains. A lot of data. But there's no theory. There's a little, wimpy box on top there.

Jeff Hawkins
- People
I do two things. I design mobile computers and I study brains.

Jeff Hawkins
- Study
- Design
Our bodies are hanging along for the ride, but my brain is talking to your brain. And if we want to understand who we are and how we feel and perceive, we really understand what brains are.

Jeff Hawkins
- Brain

Prediction by analogy -creativity - is so pervasive we normally don't notice it.

Jeff Hawkins
- Creativity
The key to artificial intelligence has always been the representation.

Jeff Hawkins