I believe in the value of paranoia. Business success contains the seeds of its own destruction. The more successful you are, the more people want a chunk of your business and then another chunk and then another until there is nothing left.

The Internet doesn't change everything. It doesn't change supply and demand.

The worse the news, the more effort should go into communicating it.

What kind of a society are we going to have if it consists of highly paid people doing high-value-added work - and masses of unemployed?

I don't see Merced appearing on a mainstream desktop inside of a decade.

In the first round of work simplification...you can reasonably expect a 30 to 50 percent reduction...To implement the actual simplification, you must question why each step is performed. Typically, you will find that many steps exist in your work flow for no good reason. Often they are there by tradition or because formal procedure ordains it, and nothing practical ordains it.

You have to pretend you're 100 percent sure. You have to take action; you can't hesitate or hedge your bets. Anything less will condemn your efforts to failure.