Now everyone has a license to speak, it’s a question of who gets heard.

Only those blinded by greed would refuse to let a friend make a copy.

Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized all the facts some bureaucrats have put in the 7th grade curriculum.

Reality is painful -- it's so much easier to keep doing stuff you know you're good at or else to pick something so hard there's no point at which it's obvious you're failing -- but it's impossible to get better without confronting it.

Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.

But all of this action goes on in the dark, hidden underground. It’s called stealing or piracy, as if sharing a wealth of knowledge were the moral equivalent of plundering a ship and murdering its crew. But sharing isn’t immoral - it’s a moral imperative. Only those blinded by greed would refuse to let a friend make a copy.

What is the most important thing you could be working on in the world right now? ... And if you're not working on that, why aren't you?