Information flow is what the Internet is about. Information sharing is power. If you don't share your ideas, smart people can't do anything about them, and you'll remain anonymous and powerless.

We live in a very complex world.

Written communication is a tremendous help for me, and so when electronic mail was invented in '71, I got very excited about it, thinking well, gee, the deaf community could really use this, or the hard of hearing community as well.

I expect to see a lot of household appliances on the Net by 2010, as well as autos and other mobile devices.

By placing intelligence at the edges rather than control in the middle of the network, the Internet has created a platform for innovation.

Instant messaging and chat rooms have basically created a level playing field for deaf people.

What's wonderful about Google is that as long as you bring ideas to the table, it doesn't matter what else is going on.