In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival, and to apply it to people's lives in a meaningful way.

Even before I helped to co-found Microsoft, I saw a connected future . . . I called that future The Wired World.

I am very excited to be supporting one of the world's most visionary efforts to seek basic answers to some of the fundamental question about our universe and what other civilisations may exist elsewhere.

Technology is notorious for engrossing people so much that they don't always focus on balance and enjoy life at the same time.

That would be such a life-changing thing, for us all to know that there are other beings out there who we could potentially communicate with, or maybe we are listening to a signal that they transmitted hundreds of millennia ago.

In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival, and to apply it to people's lives in a meaningful way.

When it comes to helping out, I don't believe in doing it for the media attention. My goal is to support the organizations that need help.