Julius Genachowski Quotes

A government operates and acts differently than a company. So all we want to do is get some transparency here and then determine if the deal should go forward.

As a civil servant in charge of the government's Strategy Unit, I brought in many people from outside government, including academia and science, to work in the unit, dissecting and solving complex problems from GM crops to alcohol, nuclear proliferation to schools reform.

Governments should want and even crave the best possible scientific advice. With reliable knowledge come better decisions, fewer mistakes and more results achieved for each pound spent.

Based on observations of the policies of my own government, I viewed this action as an acceptable option.

You can't make evidence-based policy decisions without evidence.

Now, look, I - I like to look at evidence. I plead to that. I think evidence is important when you're making decisions that affect other people's lives.

There is an old maxim which states that good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from poor judgment. I think something similar can be said of government policy, to wit: Good policy comes from experience, and experience comes from poor policy.

You must build public policies on reason, on facts.

You have to be willing to have the decision-making follow the data.

The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy.

Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered what I call the fact-founded, thought-through approach to decision making.

We believe that government works for the benefit of private life, and not the other way around.

Government isn't that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you've got to have commercial companies do it.

If the government regulates against use of drones or stem cells or artificial intelligence, all that means is that the work and the research leave the borders of that country and go someplace else.

The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.

Personally, I believe that government, rather than money, tends to be the primary factor limiting the development of new technologies.

I have long felt that it is readers and viewers of conservative media who could benefit from a more balanced discussion of what is at stake in our policy and the actions of our government.

Faced with the profound changes that AI technologies can produce, pressure for "more" and "tougher" regulation is inevitable. Misunderstanding about what AI is and is not, especially against a background of scare-mongering, could fuel opposition to technologies that could benefit everyone. This would be a tragic mistake. Regulation that stifles innovation, or relocates it to other jurisdictions, would be similarly counterproductive.

Even a conscientious person cannot reach reasonable political conclusions without trustworthy, factual information.

We all have an obligation to move beyond anecdotes.

Our [politicians] responsibility is to be sure that we utilize the best science.

Are the governors such exceptionally gifted men as to enable them … to represent the masses and act in the interests of all men better than all men would be able to act for themselves?

A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to buying a suit.

My position is to listen to my constituents, learn from the best information available and ultimately make sound, rational decisions that are going to be beneficial to the people…

American and world history show that if you want minimal government, you can have it—but only if you want almost everyone in your society also to be a dirt-poor, subsistence farmer. If you want a prosperous, growing modern economy, you need high specialization and a huge, complex, interdependent network of individuals, businesses, research centers and education. And only government has the authority or money to regulate that network and to regularly pump in the targeted funds needed to sustain and grow it.