Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

In a system of capitalism, as people's wealth rises, the financial incentive to serve them rises. As their wealth falls, the financial incentive to serve them falls, until it becomes zero. We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well.

Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.

The information society should serve all of its citizens, not only the technically sophisticated and economically privileged.

Oh, I think there are a lot of people who would be buying and selling online today that go up there and they get the information, but then when it comes time to type in their credit card they think twice because they're not sure about how that might get out and what that might mean for them.

Stolen's a strong word. It's copyrighted content that the owner wasn't paid for.