I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's.

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If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.

If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my...

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my...

To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million...

To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million...

I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the...

I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the...

Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live...

Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live...

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on...

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on...

Sometimes we crash and burn. It's better to do it in private.

Sometimes we crash and burn. It's better to do it in private.

The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle.

The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle.

A patent, or invention, is any assemblage of technologies or ideas that you can put...

A patent, or invention, is any assemblage of technologies or ideas that you can put...

I'm a human entropy producer.

I'm a human entropy producer.

We can't live any more in a world which is based on stuff and not...

We can't live any more in a world which is based on stuff and not...

I started realizing that I wasn't so dumb; rather, most people simply didn't know the...

I started realizing that I wasn't so dumb; rather, most people simply didn't know the...

I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life...

I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life...

In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the...

In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the...

There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of...

There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of...

People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds...

People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds...

I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that...

I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that...

New ideas in technology are literally a dime-a-dozen, or cheaper than that.

New ideas in technology are literally a dime-a-dozen, or cheaper than that.

My biggest failure is I have too many to talk about.

My biggest failure is I have too many to talk about.

You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not...

You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not...