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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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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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'm a human entropy producer.

I'm a human entropy producer.

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 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...

An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we...

An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we...

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

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