Larry Page on the 70/20/10 rule, and how to change the world

- "Not enough people are willing to place the big bets on the things that matter, things that could make a difference in meeting humanity's biggest challenges."

- "There's a reason we talk about 70/20/10, where 70% of our resources are spent in our core business and 10% end up in unrelated projects, like energy or whatever. [The other 20% goes to projects adjacent to the core business]. Actually, it's a struggle to get it to even be 10%. People might think we're wasting money or whatever. But that's where all our new stuff has come from..."

Conclusion:
=> For things that matter, there is always a better way, to be found by relentless trial and error.


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