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.

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

Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.

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.

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

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