Zuckerberg had the good sense to know both his own limitations and interests. He wanted an executive who would free him to do what he loved: code, and enhancing the Facebook platform.

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

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.

Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.

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

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

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