I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.

Take agriculture, where we haven't done much, or sanitation; saying, "okay, we will be able to make a really huge effort there." It really energized the foundation and half of what we've gotten done in this last decade is because Warren [Buffett] trusted us.

Well I think any author or musician is anxious to have legitimate sales of their products, partly so they're rewarded for their success, partly so they can go on and do new things.

Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.

The next big invention that will change the way we live should be things like ways of generating energy like electricity.

How much further beyond basic research the role of the government should be, you could have a really good debate about it. Almost nobody would say it's zero. But that's where at least we need the private sector to play a big role.

The vision is really about empowering workers, giving them all the