Latest Dean Kamen Quotes from Interviews

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• I think in our lifetime, that level of acceptance of "well, we couldn't do any better," won't be tolerated. We're going to start to see individual therapies customized for individual patients, and it's going to change the way people get healthcare.

  Dean Kamen

  Acceptance, Thinking, People

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. June 9, 2009.

• We live in a world where virtually everybody expects there's going to be some reasonable therapy for virtually any situation.

  Dean Kamen

  World, Situation, Therapy

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. June 9, 2009.

• I think we have a society which is spending more and more of its money on healthcare as a percent of GDP as a percent of a lot of things. I think that's a measure of success.

  Dean Kamen

  Thinking, Gdp, Healthcare

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. June 9, 2009.

• Kids are intimidated by the way science and technology is presented. It's made, frankly, quite boring and it becomes part of a curriculum that chases particularly women and minorities away.

  Dean Kamen

  Kids, Technology, Minorities

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. June 9, 2009.

• In the culture of America, in a free culture, you get what you celebrate. And in this culture, we have two obsessions, become a group that becomes a group that celebrates sports heroes and entertainment heroes. There's no room left for kids to see even a little bit of the opportunities to really, really get excited about becoming an inventor, an engineer, or a scientist, a problem solver.

  Dean Kamen

  Sports, Hero, Kids

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. June 9, 2009.