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

The importance of humility. We need the humility to know that truth can be ephemeral, that this can be but one version of the truth.

Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.

The digital revolution is almost as disruptive to the traditional media business as electricity was to the candle business.

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 are those who believe a liberal or a conservative bias permeates the media. I don't. The operative press bias is one that favors conflict, not ideology, and it is lashed by a market-driven bias to boost ratings or circulation with more wow stories, more sizzle.