I have a really deep belief that we create technologies to empower ourselves. We've invented a lot of technology that just makes us all faster and better, and I'm generally a big fan of this. I just want to make sure that this technology stays subservient to people. People are the number one entity there is on this planet.

People mainly fail because they fear failure.

I'm really looking forward to a time when generations after us look back and say how ridiculous it was that humans were driving cars.

We humans usually feel that we are the best at everything we do, that we can safely drive ourselves. But tens of thousands of people die every year. We need to be open to having technology assist us, to find ways in which technology makes us safer.

That's what Google taught me. Aim higher. Udacity is my playground - to radically experiment and find out. I've seen the light.

In 50 years, there will be only 10 institutions in the world delivering higher education and Udacity has a shot at being one of them.

Every time I act on a fear, I feel disappointed in myself. I have a lot of fear. If I can quit all fear in my life and all guilt, then I tend to be much, much more living up to my standards. I've never seen a person fail if they didn't fear failure.