The challenge here is to design a system where market incentives, including profits and recognition, drive those principles to do more for the poor. I like to call this idea creative capitalism, an approach where governments, businesses, and nonprofits work together to stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or gain recognition, doing work that eases the world's inequities.

I am results-oriented.

Finding information is either a software question or a question of how much information is online.

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

I don't think you're as capable of handling lack of sleep or whatever challenges you throw at your body as you get older. However, I never missed a day of work.

I don't generally read a lot of fiction.

There are GMO skeptics more in Europe maybe than in other places, but not exclusively.