And knowledge management is a means, not an end.
Antitrust is the way that the government promotes markets when there are market failures. It has nothing to do with the idea of free information.
According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life.
A lot of the things that will really improve the world fortunately aren’t dependent on Washington doing something different.
When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.
Well, no one gives aid to Zimbabwe through the Mugabe government.
I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn’t cool.
Unfortunately, the highly curious student is a small percentage of the kids.
Legacy is a stupid thing! I don’t want a legacy.
I have a particular relationship with Vinod Khosla because he’s got a lot of very interesting science-based energy startups.
The next time someone tells you we can trim the budget by cutting aid, I hope you will ask whether it will come at the cost of more people dying.
This social-networking thing takes you to crazy places.
Google’s done a super good job on search; Apple’s done a great job on the IPod.
I think the positive competition between states in India is one of the most positive dynamics that the country has.
The information society should serve all of its citizens, not only the technically sophisticated and economically privileged.
It’s the knowledge derived from information that gives you a competitive edge.
Microsoft has long hired based on IQ and “intellectual bandwidth.”
To succeed, you also have to know how to make choices and how to think more broadly.
We win because we hire the smartest people. We improve our products based on feedback, until they’re the best. We have retreats each year where we think about where the world is heading.
Everything on the internet is real god damn it!