From the business point of view—not to overstate it—intellectual property is dead; long live intellectual process. Long live service; long live performance.

I joined the board of the Santa Fe Institute.

The nature of business and government has been to build a surplus and self-perpetuate, but the Internet fosters and rewards smaller, more fluid organizations.

We invented our computers in the '80s. We networked them together in the '90s. Now we're giving them eyes, ears and sensory organs. And we're asking them to observe and manipulate the world on our behalf.

People have to understand that they can reject technology. They can turn off their cell phone. They can stop looking at their e-mail. It's there if they want it. It's not being forced on them.

I would much rather see responsibilities exercised by individuals than have them imposed by the government.

People need to understand that the technology is for them. It's not to them. It's not over them. People still sometimes want to be led a little too much.