knowledge Quotes

The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking.

Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing.

This whole phenomenon of the computer in a library is an amazing thing.

The nuclear industry has this amazing record, even equipment from generations one and two. But nuclear mishaps tend to come in these big events - Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and now Fukushima - so it's more visible.

You have to have a certain realism that government is a pretty blunt instrument, and without the constant attention of highly qualified people with the right metrics, it will fall into not doing things very well.

Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to reading.

For a highly motivated learner, it's not like knowledge is secret and somehow the Internet made it not secret. It just made knowledge easy to find. If you're a motivated enough learner, books are pretty good.

Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.

The truth of Moore's law has made remarkable things possible. On the software side, I think natural user interfaces in all their forms are equally significant.

I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.