The problem is that modern fundamental physics is so far from you and me. The mathematics has become so much more complicated that you need at least 10 years to understand it. Fundamental physics has advanced so far from the understanding of most people that there is really a big disconnect.

The hardware and the software used in the Breakthrough project will be compatible with other telescopes around the world, so they too can search for intelligent life.

The company that creates one global social graph will be very important going forward. It will be Facebook, with maybe 2-3 local social networks able to sustain competition long term.

Social is a better way to interact with digital world. It is better than search. Implications for... everything. Total change.

Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.

I must analyze, from what I do now, what will be the impact two or three or five years in the future. What is the statement I want to make?

It’s not how much something’s worth today, it’s what it’s worth in five or 10 years.