I hope someday what people can do with their lives depends on their talents and how hard they are willing to work, rather than on where they happen to be born.

There are websites that any government wants to block. The truth about the Internet is that it's extremely hard to block anything - extremely hard. You'll never get perfect blocking.

Programs today get very fat; the enhancements tend to slow the program down because people put in special checks. When they want to add some feature, they’ll just stick in these checks without thinking about how they might slow the thing down.

The US spends more on energy R&D than all other countries put together, and I personally consider it quite inadequate.

I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool.

The most impactful dollars that Australia can spend are actually what goes to help the poorest.

China is certainly an important player in the global economy, and a widespread AIDS epidemic would threaten that growth.