Clean air and water, a diversity of animal and plant species, soil and mineral resources, and predictable weather are annuities that will pay dividends for as long as the human race survives – and may even extend our stay on Earth.

For most people, using the Internet broadens their sense of who 'we' is and actually ends up leaving us in a place of greater compassion and understanding. It leaves us more connected to a larger group of people and more at one with a lot more people in our community.

We have to craft new political realities, not only in places like India, Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, but here at home as well. Another world is possible.

The denser places get, the lower the amount of energy people use to get around it.

Copenhagen has done a remarkable job creating streets that are focused on bicycles and pedestrians.

Saying the Tech Bloom is not commercially driven is like saying Mother Teresa had an interest in the poor.

It's not just enough to survive. We've got to make something better than what we've got.