A lot of the issues that I see, it is not an either-or situation.

Donald Trump will be the next president, the 45th President of the United States. And it will be up to him to set up a team that he thinks will serve him well and reflect his policies. And those who didn't vote for him have to recognize that that's how democracy works. That's how this system operates.

I believe moderates will need to be driven out in order to usher in the progressive era.

We have to be successful at the cutting-edge industries of the future like Twitter. But we also have always been a country that makes stuff.

It could be another election where the alignments between Republicans and Democrats are different than they were this time and who a foreign country prefers.

Writing has been an important exercise to clarify what I believe, what I see, what I care about, what my deepest values are. The process of converting a jumble of thoughts into coherent sentences makes you ask tougher questions.

Inequality also distorts our democracy. It gives an outsized voice to the few who can afford high-priced lobbyists and unlimited campaign contributions, and runs the risk of selling out our democracy to the highest bidder. And it leaves everyone else rightly suspicious that the system in Washington is rigged against them - that our elected representatives aren't looking out for the interests of most Americans.