It is impossible to work in information technology without also engaging in social engineering.

I do real paintings, you know. I'm a little messy in the studio, so I'm a bit of a danger. But I just adore it.

It's possible, without taking sides or playing the statesman game, to reduce destruction simply by reducing the development of technology of destruction.

Software breaks before it bends, so it demands perfection in a universe that prefers statistics.

Individuals achieve optimal stupidity when they're given substantial powers while being insulated from the results of their actions.

In fact, one reason I am interested in developing things in virtual reality is that they're so fascinating. I can come up with problems that are harder than warfare to take up people's time.

A file-sharing service and a hedge fund are essentially the same things. In both cases, there's this idea that whoever has the biggest computer can analyze everyone else to their advantage and concentrate wealth and power. It's shrinking the overall economy. I think it's the mistake of our age.