Jason Silva

By cultivating rich social networks, by cultivating weak ties, not just close ties but the weak ties, by becoming connectors and by connecting others so that they connect us, we create a world in which these self-amplifying feedback loops feed on top of each other.

Jason Silva

Film is the only technology that allows us to share subjectivity with someone else.

Jason Silva

Human beings are attracted to novelty: to probe the ‘adjacent possible.’ We didn’t stay in the caves. We didn’t stay on the planet, and soon we won’t stay within the limitations of our biology. We move forward. We transcend our limits. We go to the moon, and we create the Internet.

Jason Silva

I always tell people that revelling in big ideas for me is kind of like an antidote to existential angst.

Jason Silva

I want big ideas to have aesthetic relevance. I want to tickle people’s intellectual sensibilities and instill a sense of wonder.

Jason Silva

I’m not a religious person. But, when I look at a beautiful cathedral, what brings awe, what induces awe is the idea that architecture, you know, a beautiful cathedral, a beautiful building.

Jason Silva

Ideas are powerful because they allow us to see the world as it could be, rather than what it is.

Jason Silva

Imagination allows us to conceive of delightful future possibilities, pick the most amazing one, and pull the present forward to meet it.

Jason Silva

Once we realize the extraordinary power we have to compose our lives, we’ll move from passive, conditioned thinking to being co-creators of our fate.

Jason Silva

Technology is, of course, a double edged sword. Fire can cook our food but also burn us.

Jason Silva