Why do we remember the past, but not the future?

Government works best under the glare of public scrutiny. Absent such scrutiny, abuses occur.

I enjoy all forms of music - pop, classical and opera.

It surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics, space, the universe and philosophy of our existence, our purpose, our final destination. Its a crazy world out there. Be curious.

In Britain, like most of the developed world, stem-cell research is regarded as a great opportunity. America will be left behind if it doesn't change policy.

The human failing I would most like to correct is aggression. It may have had survival advantage in caveman days, to get more food, territory or a partner with whom to reproduce, but now it threatens to destroy us all.

We won't know for a few years.