Steve Chen (Steven Shih Chen) Quotes
There are a lot of services trying to solve the information discovery problem, and no one has got it right yet.
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I really don't have the time to spend much time online, I do have web tv, which I use when I need information.
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You can't solve a dignity problem with military force.
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We were hunter-gatherers of information, and we moved from that to becoming farmers and cultivators of information.
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If I couldn't see the colors, now that would be a problem.
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The Internet is programmable information. The blockchain is programmable scarcity.
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Our problem is not adopting reforms, which we will do without question. It is not reaching an objective, which we will meet. But it is finding an end to the recession.
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Crazy old people are our entire source of polling information.
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If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
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There is no longer any anonymity on the Web - unless we mandate it. The most personal information about your online habits is collected, bought and sold, often instantaneously and invisibly. Data collection is a business driven by profits at consumers' expense.
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The problem with certainty is that sometimes it can sound cold and heartless, although it is the most compassionate and supportive answer.
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We have dealt with the Arab/Muslim problem in the American media in every single way but through comedy. Hollywood has always been lagging behind comedy... We can make fun of ourselves, too, and I'm inviting us to laugh with us - and all the misconceptions.
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The problem with Donald Trump is that he went and designed a brand that is entirely amoral.
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The problem is too often they are boring, and boring in a meeting happens for the same reason as in a book or movie - when there is not enough compelling tension. Meetings should be intense.
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The problem with being married to an athlete who is, like, 19 feet tall and can just eat, like, 17 burgers at 11 o'clock at night is, you're like, 'I'll have just three of those burgers,' and you think you're being good because he had 19 and you had three!
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This is where the block chain is most useful and revolutionary: It helps us to overcome the problem of mutual trust in exchange, which will, in turn, make many of our modern central institutions unnecessary.
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In my opinion, there is one singular problem with religions in general: they are exclusive. To me, this exclusivity is not right.
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I'm not very good at going to sleep, and that's probably my worst problem. I don't need much more than seven and a half hours, but I probably get six. I take all my problems to bed with me and fret. I can't switch off.
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If you don't know someone who's had a problem with addiction, you will.
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That is what we know how to do better than anyone else: We know how to maximize value for our projects. If the government would like to hire my services to maximize value for their stake, they should approach me. No problem.
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I am happy being an actor. Donning the hat of a producer was a tough job and a different experience, as it involved watching the crew's requirements, keeping track of the finances, and also perfecting my role as an actor. But it was a tremendous learning experience.
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It was almost as incredible as if you fired a 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back and hit you.
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There are a lot of services trying to solve the information discovery problem, and no one has got it right yet.
