Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live for. That's what technology can do.

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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...

I'm a human entropy producer.

I'm a human entropy producer.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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.