When I was trying to figure out why lives have improved so much in the last 300 years, where we've gone from a third of kids dying before 5 to - by 1990 it was down to 10% - now it's down to 5%. And saying why, over all history, there were smart people, but that number didn't change. Average life span didn't change. What's magical about what's been deemed the Industrial Revolution? It's really energy intensity.

Anyone who spends their life on a computer is pretty unusual.

Microsoft has some assets like Office that have stayed strong and there's so much room for innovation in those.

How you gather, manage, and use information will determine whether you win or lose.

I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don't know.

If geek means you're willing to study things, and if you think science and engineering matter, I plead guilty. If your culture doesn't like geeks, you are in real trouble.

Innovation is moving at a scarily fast pace.