[Africa] is the one continent where you still have a lot more young people than old people. So making sure they're healthy, good nutrition, good education. That'll be important for the world.

Improving the health & productivity of the poorest is one of the best investments you can make in the future of the world

Well, jobs are a great thing. You have to be a bit careful: If you raise the minimum wage, you’re encouraging labor substitution and you’re going to go buy machines and automate things - or cause jobs to appear outside of that jurisdiction. And so within certain limits, you know, it does cause job destruction. If you really start pushing it, then you’re just making a huge trade-off.

The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.

China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%.

Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.

Most of our competitors were one-product wonders... They would do their one product, but never get their engineering sorted out.