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

Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.

If you have 50 different plug types, appliances wouldn't be available and would be very expensive. But once an electric outlet becomes standardized, many companies can design appliances, and competition ensues, creating variety and better prices for consumers.

Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community.

DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created.

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 year I was born, 1955, the first big disease-eradication program in the world was declared for malaria. After about a decade of work, they realized that, at least in the tropical areas, they did not have the tools to get it done.