You have to act and act now.
There will be no new architecture for computing for the next 1,000 years.
When you're the first person whose beliefs are different from what everyone else believes, you're basically saying, "I'm right, and everyone else is wrong." That's a very unpleasant position to be in. It's at once exhilarating and at the same time an invitation to be attacked.
See things in the present, even if they are in the future.
You can't spend as much money as I have, even if you try. I've been trying.
So what makes me happy? I was really happy to build this house. That's it; building things. The trouble with software is that it's very hard to show your aunt in Florida what you've done.