Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.

I've always been amazed by Da Vinci, because he worked out science on his own. He would work by drawing things and writing down his ideas. Of course, he designed all sorts of flying machines way before you could actually build something like that.

Success today requires the agility and drive to constantly rethink, reinvigorate, react, and reinvent.

Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid.

We'll have infinite bandwidth in a decade's time.

The worst pandemic in modern history was the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed tens of millions of people. Today, with how interconnected the world is, it would spread faster.

Some people read off of their Palms and Pocket PCs, but the real immersible reading experience takes a full-screen device.