Launching a breakthrough idea is like shooting skeet. People's needs change, so you must aim well ahead of the target to hit it.

Our technology, our machines, is part of our humanity. We created them to extend ourselves, and that is what is unique about human beings.

Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If I take 30 steps linearly, I get to 30. If I take 30 steps exponentially, I get to a billion.

We only have to capture 1/10,000th of the solar energy landing on earth to completely satisfy all our energy needs.

The fate of the universe is a decision yet to be made, one which we will intelligently consider when the time is right.

By the end of this decade, computers will disappear as distinct physical objects, with displays built in our eyeglasses, and electronics woven in our clothing, providing full-immersion visual virtual reality.

Launching a breakthrough idea is like shooting skeet. People's needs change, so you must aim well ahead of the target to hit it.