Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

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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.

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

I'm a human entropy producer.

I'm a human entropy producer.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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

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

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...