If economic progress is not translated into better quality of life and respect for citizens' rights, we will witness more Tahrir Squares in Africa.
Many Africans are used to a life where they get up in the morning and don't know what they're going to do that day.
I think we live in a unique time - the verbs that make up our online and mobile lives haven't been completely invented or imagined for us. That was kind of a life path I was on.
When I think about creating abundance, it's not about creating a life of luxury for everybody on this planet; it's about creating a life of possibility. It is about taking that which was scarce and making it abundant.
During the week that I arrived in the United States, I saw an airport, used a telephone, used a library, talked with a scientist, and was shown a computer for the first time in my life.
I mean, if a person acts irresponsibly in his own life, he will pay the consequences. And it's not so much divine retribution as it's built into the law of nature.
I've never used Sybase in my life. How would I make an intelligent decision about this versus that with a Sybase extension?
There were a lot of people, I found, who'd rather watch me live my life than live their own life.
Part of my life is spent designing in urban centers, and part of my life has been spent in factories. But the other part of my life is spent in nature.
I'm crazy about Dublin. If you went back 3,000 years in my ancestry you wouldn't find a drop of Irish blood in the veins, but I love the place.
That's one of the things I love about entrepreneurship is that if you see something that you don't like - and if you think you have a better idea - you can pursue your model.
Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives.
When we're in the shower, when we're thinking about our idea - boy, does it sound brilliant. But the reality is that most of our ideas are actually terrible.
The problem with entrepreneurship is we are often working really hard producing high quality products that no-one wants. The creation of stuff is not valued.
My personality resembles my designs to a large extent. I'm in sync with myself and I'm transparent, just like my designs.
If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.
The Internet is really about highly specialized information, highly specialized targeting.
The issues of wireless versus wireline gets very messy. And that's really an FCC issue, not a Google issue.
Facial recognition, completely unmonitored, can be used for very bad things. It can be used for stalking, for example.
You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself; this is to desire your Approbation to keep a public school.
The biggest thing that concerns me is when we start getting countries using cybercrime to shut down infrastructure, electricity, communications systems, the Internet, et cetera.
