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

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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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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'm a human entropy producer.

I'm a human entropy producer.