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

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

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

While a significant part of learning certain comes from teaching - but good teaching and by good teachers - a major measure comes from exploration, from reinventing the wheel and finding out for oneself.

The change from atoms to bits is irrevocable and unstoppable. Why now? Because the change is also exponential - small differences of yesterday can have suddenly shocking consequences tomorrow.

The computer provides the only way to give students a real foundation in 21st-century skills.

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.