If everything you do works, then you're not taking many risks and probably aren't innovating either.

Email is not going to disappear. Possibly ever. Until the robots kill us all.

Consider spending less time talking, and more time prototyping, especially if you're not very good at talking.

Cultures that don't laugh at themselves are cults.

Honestly, I was pretty sure AltaVista was going to destroy Google

Opportunity is all around us, but we have beliefs and habits that block it.

Part of the excitement was just seeing how the world would respond. I kind of like uncertainty to some extent, because it's a little bit of suspense and excitement and adventure, almost, right? And you can learn a lot even if things don't work out. But not everyone likes adventure. A lot of people seem to be against uncertainty, actually. In all areas of life.