The entertainment industry as a whole has given more thought to the pollution of rivers than it has to the pollution of minds.

Perhaps the biggest problem in journalism is the cult divide between journalists and corporate owners.

There's a bias on hiring the best engineers wherever they come from. It does seem like a lot of the non-engineering execs come from Ivy League schools, as is true in much of corporate America and government.

The digital revolution has disrupted most traditional media: newspapers, magazines, books, record companies, radio.

Stanford University is so startlingly paradisial, so fragrant and sunny, it's as if you could eat from the trees and live happily forever.

Without vision, even the most focused passion is a battery without a device.

Poorer people tend to watch more television because they can't afford other diversions.