We [US] are the biggest per person, by a substantial amount, greenhouse emitters, and we give the most foreign aid, not per person but in absolute. This is another issue where hopefully we will take a long-term approach which, even though we sometimes have a hard time doing that, it's easier for us, as a rich country with this kind of scientific depth, than it is for the poor countries who will suffer the problems.

Skype actually does get a fair bit of revenue.

Microsoft went into orbit because it had a booster rocket attached to it called IBM.

Software was the key element that would determine how useable and how broadly applicable the machine was.

Humanity’s greatest advances are not in its discoveries – but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity.

It's really kind of cool to have solar panels on your roof.

Information work is thinking work.