The world has shown that if you provide capital and expertise to an area that is starved for capital and expertise, really good things will happen.
Nathan MyhrvoldSome article called me the most feared man in Silicon Valley. Good Lord! Why? My teenage boys got a kick out of it: 'Dad, how could this be true? You're not even the most feared person in this house.'
Nathan MyhrvoldMaking money from enforcing patents is no more wrong than investing in preferred stock.
Nathan MyhrvoldOur reactor actually burns nuclear waste as fuel. So not only is it safe and powerful, it solves an important issue: It actually reduces nuclear waste instead of creating. It's the reactor of your dreams.
Nathan MyhrvoldThree things about water affect almost all of cooking. First are the hydrogen bonds, which is why it has an incredibly high boiling point. Another is that it's a polar molecule, so that it dissolves a lot of things, and there are things that won't mix with it. And then there's how much energy it takes to heat water.
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