If somebody is working on a new medicine, computer science helps us model those things. We have a whole group here in Seattle called the Institute for Disease Modelling that is a mix of computer science and math-type people, and the progress we're making in polio or plans for malaria or really driven by their deep insights.

The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking.

Teaching's hard! You need different skills: positive reinforcement, keeping students from getting bored, commanding their attention in a certain way.

I remember thinking quite logically that I didn't want to spoil my children with wealth and so that I would create a foundation, but not knowing exactly what it would focus on.

Our vision, which has not changed since the day the company was founded.

Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of a prosperous American economy.

Change the boundaries of business.