Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Larry Page's Vision of the Future

Posted by timothy on from the you-too-can-be-a-kajillionaire dept.

adamjh writes "Yesterday, Google co-founder Larry Page gave an amazing talk to the 2005 graduating class of the University of Michigan College of Engineering. In true geek form, I made sure to record Larry's entire speech on my mobile phone in order to share with the Slashdot community a rare glimpse into Larry's thoughts on the past, present, and future -- on topics ranging from dropping out of Stanford to start Google to "Thinking Big" and the abundance of venture capital to traveling to Mars, curing world hunger, and well, much much more."

17 of 303 comments (clear)

  1. Drop out..... by wpiman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well- seems he dropped out of Stanford. Seems all the successful CEOs drop out- Gates, Ellsion, and Page. Seems all the people he was preaching to are already doomed to be losers.

    1. Re:Drop out..... by timeOday · · Score: 2, Funny
      He dropped out of GRADUATE school. There's a difference. Bill Gates never finished undergrad.
      Yeah there's a difference... B.G. is still worth about 7x as much as Larry Page!
    2. Re:Drop out..... by Urusai · · Score: 1, Funny

      Excellent. I've dropped out of graduate school, too. My future prosperity is assured. I just need to learn how to fool people with vaguely theory-based commercial schemes, and people will eventually pay me to talk about how flying cars, Martian tourism, and self-sudsing bath loofas are the future.

    3. Re:Drop out..... by Headcase88 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Damn! Imagine how rich I'd be if I dropped out of Elementary School >:(

      --
      "When the atomic bomb goes off there's devastation...but when the atomic bong goes off there's celebraaaaation!"
    4. Re:Drop out..... by donothingsuccessfull · · Score: 2, Funny

      > B.G. is still worth about 7x as much as Larry Page!
      Yes, I for one would be willing to trade one Gates for seven Pages. Or one Page for a seventh of a gates, so long as they used a saw.

  2. Re:Peak oil (again) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Do you find peace and comfort predicting the downfall of modern society? You'll just grow old and be a miserable loser while everyone else is fucking in their private space station.

  3. Re:Peak oil (again) by wpiman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well damn... I gues it is time to invest in that oxen farm......

  4. Re:EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT THE FILE by The_Fire_Horse · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hello helpful person!
    Could you please email 2 copies to me - one is for my cousin.

    THANKS IN ADVANCE!

  5. Well... by Xarius · · Score: 3, Funny



    --
    C17H21NO4
  6. Conspiracy by AndrenidEnder · · Score: 2, Funny

    Someone's vision for the future next to the story about the time travellers' convention.

  7. Re:Consumption Junction? by wpiman · · Score: 1, Funny
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamjh/11685336/

    Slim pickins at Michigan.

  8. Re:EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT THE FILE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    billg AT microsoft.com

    I LOVE LARRY!!!! ^o^ XD

  9. Re:The Google and the future from another one by sabinm · · Score: 3, Funny

    Monday, Mar 10, 2014, Skynet becomes aware.

    --
    http://cincyboys.blogspot.com/ Everything Cincinnati. Including the word 'Finnih'
  10. Re:I was there too (though I've not graduated) by Fizzl · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where's the "-1 WTF?!?"-moderation when you need one?

    --
    Bot Assisted Blogging
  11. Re:In other news by zulux · · Score: 4, Funny

    It seriously is becoming a site for Google and Apple fanboys

    I'm tired of it too -- where's the site for fans of MSN and Emachines?

    --

    Moneyed corporations, non-working 'poor' and criminal prisoners are turning productive citizens into tax-slaves.

  12. Re:Textual transcript, anyone? by shizzle · · Score: 2, Funny

    Reminds me of an old SNL Weekend Update line (Kevin Nealon, I think... paraphrased from memory): "If you would like a transcript of tonight's broadcast, get a pen and write down everything I say really fast."

  13. Re:In other news by iggymanz · · Score: 1, Funny

    wow, you have a lot of nerve sitting there with your Googleportal hooked to the GoogleNet trashing Google like that