At the end of the day, the true value proposition of education is employment.

I have been spending the better part of my professional life trying to create self-driving cars. At Google, I am working with a world-class team of engineers to turn science fiction into reality.

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

The Jetsons had them in the 1960s. They were the defining element of 'Knight Rider' in the 1980s: cars that drive themselves. Self-driving cars appear in countless science fiction movies. By Hollywood standards, they are so normal we don't even notice them. But in real life, they still don't exist. What if you could buy one today?

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.

I have a strong disrespect for authority and for rules. Including gravity. Gravity sucks.