Whatever my current beliefs are, on any topic, they're all open to being changed by the right facts and the right evidence.

In the food case in particular, one of the technologies that could help there - genetic technologies that could create better crops with higher yields and less need for water and fertilizer - is tremendously feared. Very little of that fear is scientifically grounded.

Whatever my current beliefs are, on any topic, they're all open to being changed by the right facts and the right evidence.

Often an idea has impact far larger than the person who originated it.

We don't have good global policies in place for climate.

Agriculture is the #1 source of deforestation. By some estimates it accounts for 80% of the forests chopped down in the tropics.

When you're managing a large number of people, you learn that incentives matter tremendously. You really want people to be rewarded for doing the right thing for the customers and the organization.