Today, philanthropy is a very unsophisticated, old world process where people who make a shitload of money go and give it away and when they're making their money, they're focused on 10x, 100x returns on the dollar.

Life on Earth is at an ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by disaster. ... I think the human race doesn't have a future if it doesn't go into space. I therefore want to encourage public interest in space.

If the risk is fully aligned with your purpose and mission, then it's worth considering.

Eight billion people will have Internet access by 2020.

The quality of your life is a function of who you go through life with.

It's sad that the U.S. government doesn't fund risky research anymore.

I became very much, if I have to describe myself, I'm sort of a Libertarian Capitalist, and I was looking for, what's the economic engine that's going to drive us into space?