My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things.

Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.

Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.

The fact that there was no catastrophic pandemic in recent history does not mean there won't be another one. And we are certainly not prepared for the next pandemic.

If geek means you're willing to study things, and if you think science and engineering matter, I plead guilty. If your culture doesn't like geeks, you are in real trouble.

With a public library card in your hand, you have access to the Internet and a world of opportunities.

You can go overboard in how quickly you might expect new technologies to transform people's lives. But I very much believe the way software is used, the way information gets distributed, will be dramatically different within 10 years. There is fire to go with all this smoke.