People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.

I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.

Trying to read our DNA is like trying to understand software code - with only 90% of the code riddled with errors. It's very difficult in that case to understand and predict what that software code is going to do.

I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.

I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I'm really good at email.

So, there's quite a big keep-out zone, and when you factor the keep-out zone into account, the solar panels put on that area would typically generate more power than that nuclear power plant.

We need to figure out how to have the things we love, and not destroy the world.