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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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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional...

Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional...

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...

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.

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...

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'm a human entropy producer.

I'm a human entropy producer.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...