People who say they don't see the acceleration of innovation is a wilful blindness. We are innovation at a wonderful speed for the basic things we think everyone should get.

The next time someone tells you we can trim the budget by cutting aid, I hope you will ask whether it will come at the cost of more people dying.

Given how few young people actually read the newspaper, it's a good thing they'll be reading a newspaper on a screen.

Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it's digital cameras or satellites or just what you click on, we need to have more explicit rules - not just for governments but for private companies.

If your culture doesn't like geeks, you are in real trouble.

The barrier to change is not too little caring; it is too much complexity.

Windows 95 was a nice milestone.