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

Objective is the wrong word. Rather, it's fairness. Objectivity is a false God. Instead we should strive for fairness and transparency.

Passion without focus can lead you astray.

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.

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

If the Ivy League was the breeding ground for the elites of the American Century, Stanford is the farm system for Silicon Valley.

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