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> People always underestimate the impact of decades, and overestimate the impact of years. Sometimes cited as Gates' Law, and also attributed to Arthur C. Clar
by Stratoscope 5y ago
> People always underestimate the impact of decades, and overestimate the impact of years.
Sometimes cited as Gates' Law, and also attributed to Arthur C. Clarke, Tony Robbins, or Peter Drucker. But they may have all gotten the idea from Roy Amara.
https://fs.blog/gates-law/ https://fs.blog/gates-law/
- sillysaurusx 5y agoThank you! I’d always wondered if it was a Gates original, and what the history was.
- Stratoscope 5y agoIt reminds me of the famous Steve Jobs quote, "Good artists borrow, great artists steal." Apparently Steve stole that quote from Pablo Picasso, who borrowed it from Igor Stravinsky, who lifted it from T.S. Eliot. https://www.uvu.edu/arts/applause/posts/stealing.html https://www.uvu.edu/arts/applause/posts/stealing.html