Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.

As I see it, there are two great forces of human nature: self-interest, and caring for others. Capitalism harnesses self-interest in a helpful and sustainable way, but only on behalf of those who can pay. Government aid and philanthropy channel our caring for those who can't pay. But to provide rapid improvement for the poor we need a system that draws in innovators and businesses in a far better way than we do today.

The outpouring of support from millions of people in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti has been impressive.

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.

Newspaper readership is still growing in India.

The only big companies that succeed will be those that obsolete their own products before somebody else does.

At every juncture, advanced tools have been the key to a new wave of applications, and each wave of applications has been key to driving computing to the next level.