I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.
Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.
I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.
By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world. Almost all countries will be what we now call lower-middle income or richer.
The ideal thing would be to have a 100 percent effective AIDS vaccine. And to have broad usage of that vaccine. That would literally break the epidemic.
It's a nice reader, but there's nothing on the iPad I look at and say, 'Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.'
Capitalism has shortfalls. It doesn't necessarily take care of the poor, and it underfunds innovation, so we have to offset that.
The outside perception and inside perception of Microsoft are so different. The view of Microsoft inside Microsoft is always kind of an underdog thing.
At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.
Globalization has made copper and other minerals more valuable, and Ghana and Kenya have recently discovered mineral resources.
Being flooded with information doesn't mean we have the right information or that we're in touch with the right people.
When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.
The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can't solve extreme poverty and disease, isn't just mistaken. It is harmful.
China is certainly an important player in the global economy, and a widespread AIDS epidemic would threaten that growth.
In 80% of the world, energy will be bought where it is economic. You have to help the rest of the world get energy at a reasonable price.
We all know that there are these exemplars who can take the toughest students, and they'll teach them two-and-a-half years of math in a single year.
It's possible - you can never know - that the universe exists only for me. If so, it's sure going well for me, I must admit.
Whenever you have multiple devices including multiple PCs that you want to share information with, it's always been a bit complicated.
Certainly there's a phenomenon around open source. You know free software will be a vibrant area. There will be a lot of neat things that get done there.
People want to watch whatever video they want to watch whenever they want to watch. If you provision your Internet infrastructure adequately, you can do that.
The main thing that's missing in energy is an incentive to create things that are zero-CO2-emitting and that have the right scale and reliability characteristics.
