It's not computer literacy that we should be working on, but sort of human-literacy. Computers have to become human-literate.

MIT is governed by a second, even higher rule: the inalienable right of academic freedom.

The ability to make big leaps of thought is a common denominator among the originators of breakthrough ideas.

Computer science departments have always considered 'user interface' research to be sissy work.

The best way to guarantee a steady stream of new ideas is to make sure that each person in your organization is as different as possible from the others. Under these conditions, and only these conditions, will people maintain varied perspectives and demonstrate their knowledge in different ways.

I'm not good at selling laptops. I'm good at selling ideas.

It's not computer literacy that we should be working on, but sort of human-literacy. Computers have to become human-literate.