Three-quarters of the flags, borders and anthems sitting at the U.N. today were not there 60 some-odd years ago.

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.

Within the United States, there is a real division between the PhDs given in science and math to the Asian community, to the traditional white community, and then to African-Americans and Hispanics.

There are certain zip codes that generate a disproportionate share of patents, of startups, of wealth, of jobs. And it's really important if other parts of the country are going to want to create these tech centers.

It's actually very hard to find an area of the economy that doesn't fundamentally change in the measure that we are able to read and write life code.

The difference between people who can read and write and those who can't is just absolutely astronomical.

We have to get serious about living within our means.