China has, all of a sudden, found a way of putting the best of the best to work to build an economy that is growing at 10% to 12% per year, and now India is following. And those changes and how quickly they've come out of this mess, how little debt they have, is really important.

It's such an extraordinary time to be alive that you just don't want to miss it. I mean, it's a really neat historical period.

I've always been interested in why countries appear and disappear. And the curious thing is how often it happens.

Try to live without something digital - without digital code for about two hours, very hard to do if you're awake.

The Americas has been a relatively stable continent. The last truly new border we have is Panama in 1903.

When you brought the Industrial Revolution in, all of a sudden India and China went from being the dominant global powers to being powers dominated by those who understood how to apply this new technology.

New York City is a fascinating place because it's very good at using the energy in attracting some of the best and the brightest from everywhere.