We shouldn't build a technology to colour, or grey out, what people say. The media in general is balanced, although there are a lot of issues to be addressed that the media rightly pick up on.

Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex issues to face here: private ownership vs. open source, and so on.

[The internet] ought to be like clay, rather than a sculpture that you observe from a distance.

To be a hacker - when I use the term - is somebody who is creative and does wonderful things.

I'm very aware there are lots of other people who are just bright and working just as hard, with just the same dedication to make the world a good place.

I'm an optimist about humanity in general, I suppose.

Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable.