When I grew up, I simply didn't have mentors that said, "Science is important. Science helps you build a country. Science makes a country powerful." And that's such a simple thought, but when you think about what's powered Taiwan and Korea and Silicon Valley and Cambridge.

There are few jobs in the world that are more fun than being the head of Urban Development for a great and thriving city.

There is so much extraordinary opportunity if you're curious, if you're interested.

Cities are magical things. You know the energy in them. You have to walk the streets in any borough here and you can see between what was in this city in the 1970's and where it is today and how much more energy there is and how much more just sheer.

Anytime you bring a really powerful new technology to market there are multiple implications. You start changing the relative position of countries.

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

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.