We fit the universe through our brains and it comes out in the form of nothing less than poetry. We have a responsibility to awe.

Alistair Crowley used to define magic as anything in which you can exercise your will in the world through the use of your mind. So what's the magical way of opening or closing that door? Well, to will your body to stand up and close or open that door, that's magic. With the iPhone, it's like you put your intent into it, and it helps you exercise that intent in the world.

If you could download the entire universe in two minutes, would you?

The idea that we are the gods now, and we are doing things that our ancestors think are god-like is not a rhetorical question. You know what I mean? We really are as gods.

Imagine something a million times more powerful than your smartphone that is the size of a brain cell interfacing with your biological neurons. That will be the complete symbiosis. That will be when we augment our brains at the level of the neuron.

To be inspired is the ultimate antidote to existential despair.

There's always going to be the circumstances you can't plan for. There's always the unexpected relevance and the serendipity.