A patent, or invention, is any assemblage of technologies or ideas that you can put together that nobody put together that way before. That's how the patent office defines it. That's an invention.

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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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

If you're going to fail, you might as well fail at the big ones.

If you're going to fail, you might as well fail at the big ones.

As we move towards 8 or 10 billion people on the planet, there's a little...

As we move towards 8 or 10 billion people on the planet, there's a little...

My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I...

My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I...

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

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

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...

I'm a human entropy producer.

I'm a human entropy producer.

I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you...

I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you...

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

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