We're losing track of the vastness of the potential for computer science. We really have to revive the beautiful intellectual joy of it, as opposed to the business potential.

Mobs and dictators were made for each other, and when mobs appear, dictators will soon flourish.

I think seeking perfection in human affairs is a perfect way to destroy them.

Chemotherapy is a good thing even though it kills healthy cells. But we still hope for something better. We'd like to prevent cancer in the first place.

We have repeatedly demonstrated our species's bottomless ability to lower our standards to make information technology look good.

What does it mean to not be alone? I've approached that question through music, technology, writing and other means.

If you're old enough to have a job and to have a life, you use Facebook exactly as advertised, you look up old friends.