147 Quotes by Nicholas Negroponte

Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living. Whatever big problem you can imagine, from world peace to the environment to hunger to poverty, the solution always includes education, ... We need to depend more on peer-to-peer and self-driven learning. The laptop is one important means of doing that.

We all learned how to walk and talk by interacting with our environment, with real goals and rewards.

Cell phones were more popular in Cambodia and Uganda because they didn't have phones. We had phones in this country, and we were very late to the table. They're going to adopt e-books much faster than we do.

Where do new ideas come from? The answer is simple: differences. While there are many theories of creativity, the only tenet they all share is that creativity comes from unlikely juxtapositions. The best way to maximize differences is to mix ages, cultures, and disciplines.

The initial plan is to start with countries that are big and very different to each other,

Access by kids to the Internet should be like kids breathing clean air.

I'm not good at selling laptops. I'm good at selling ideas.

The idea is to have it play many roles so that the child takes it home, uses it for play, study. The whole theory is that learning is seamless, it's not something you just do at school.

The laptop brings back a more seamless kind of learning.