Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

We are in a race between knowledge and catastrophe. If we keep track of what is important, never lower our standards or forget why we are here, we have the ability to determine the fate of the world.

I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's.

Sporting competitions seem to be what we obsess over, frankly. So if we can put engineering, science, technology into a format of healthy, fun competition, we can attract all sorts of kids that might not see the kind of activity we do as accessible or rewarding.

Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live for. That's what technology can do.

I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you can do with your life.

What really makes it an invention is that someone decides not to change the solution to a known problem, but to change the question.