So on the demand side [for energy], there have been a variety of policies that globally have been way over $50 billion a year of tax credits, raising the price of electricity through things like renewable portfolio standards, so the total amount of money that's gone into sending a price signal to push up demand versus what would happen without it has been gigantic.

Being able to see an activity log of where a kid has been going on the Internet is a good thing.

The early personal computers were not very powerful so the idea of feeding their program into a small amount of memory requires immense skill.

Philanthropy is fun and fulfilling.

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

The first big effects will be farmers that live on the edge. Today's weather, they barely get by. Their kids, a high percentage are malnourished, and so if you impose more variable weather and more heat, you're getting more floods, more droughts, and during the germination time, the high heat, most crops...do poorly when there's more heat.

The vision is really about empowering workers giving them all the information about what’s going on so they can do a lot more than they’ve done in the past.