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.

Real estate prices are way out of whack with what people earn.

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.

As countries appear and disappear, then I began to ask, what makes countries successful? And it turns out, after a long slog through geographies and ethnicities and all kinds of variables, it's the ability to adapt and adopt, what Darwin talked about.

After a lot of debate and a lot of work, what people decided is, it makes a great deal of sense to be open in the system and allow people to begin to build better flu vaccines. I mean, we're still making them in eggs that come out of chickens. And we can see the consequences of that with the current H1N1 lack of vaccines.

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

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