Chris Wild is the founder of Retronaut, an online repository of historical photographs. As noted by Fast Company in an article about Retronaut, the pictures on the site are chosen in a way that makes the viewer feel as though they are looking at an alternate present, rather than the past. Wild was a speaker at the TED Global conference in July 2010 and in November 2013, Retronaut was named by The Times as one of "The 50 people to follow on Twitter". Below is one of his noteworthy statements.