We all say dumb things that in hindsight seem absurd. Me inclueded. Here are some examples from The Change Function by Pip Coburn. Who said what?

1. "640,000 bytes of memory ought to be enough for anybody."

2. "I think there is a world market for maybe 5 computers."

3. "There is no reason for individuals to have a computer in their home."

4. "The Internet will catastrophically collapse in 1996."

1. Bill Gates, 1981 2. Thomas Watson, 1943 3.Ken Olsen, 1977 4. Robert Metcalfe, 1995