Reed Hundt quotes

“We need a data network that can easily carry voice, instead of what we have today, a voice network struggling to carry data.”
-- Reed Hundt

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“Local television and local TV news isn't telling the voters about local candidates.”
-- Reed Hundt

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“When you give an artist a canvas, you shouldn't tell him exactly how much paint to put on it, or exactly how sharp the images should be. You should let the artist get going.”
-- Reed Hundt

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“Cultural standards evolve. The meaning of the public interest also, of course, evolves.”
-- Reed Hundt

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“It is one of the glories of America that we move to higher levels of awareness.”
-- Reed Hundt

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“Paintings! They're like TV, but they don't move.”

“Misuse of reason might yet return the world to pre-technological night; plenty of religious zealots hunger for just such a result, and are happy to use the latest technology to effect it.”

“Save interesting thoughts, quotations, films, technologies... the medium doesn't matter, so long as it inspires you.”

“Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.”

“My sense is that the wonderful technology that we have to visualize the inside of the body often leaves physicians feeling that the exam is a waste of time and so they may shortchange the ritual.”

“Don’t use the language of ‘good’ or ‘bad’ when talking about blood sugar numbers – these are data points, not judgments of your ability to manage your diabetes.”

“In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a 'failed experiment.' Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.”

Source : Ernst Hans Gombrich, Didier Eribon (1993). “Looking for answers: conversations on art and science”, Harry N Abrams Inc

“A ten per cent reduction in military expenditures per year would be reasonable, coupled with a programme of retraining the workforce and redirecting the resources in a manner that creates employment and advances social welfare. I also encourage all States to contribute to the UN's annual Report on Military Expenditures by submitting complete data on national defence budgets.”

Source : "UN Expert Urges States to Cut Military Spending and Invest More in Human Development". www.ohchr.org. April 14, 2014.

“You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.”

“While traditional BI is interested in the 'what and the where,' data scientists are interested in the 'how and why'.”