I have seen first hand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty. 708
Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future. 1.04K
A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it’s less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society. 4.14K
The only thing I understand deeply, because in my teens I was thinking about it, and every year of my life, is software. So I’ll never be hands-on on anything except software. 2.58K
Well the protester I think is a very powerful thing. It’s basically a mechanism of democracy that, along with capitalism, scientific innovation, those things have built the modern world. And it’s wonderful that the new tools have empowered that protestor so that state secrets, bad developments are not hidden anymore. 686
I remember thinking quite logically that I didn’t want to spoil my children with wealth and so that I would create a foundation, but not knowing exactly what it would focus on. 2.53K
Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers -organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative- if we don’t solve these security problems, then people will hold back. 1.21K
Climate change is a terrible problem and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority. 708
Certainly I’ll never be able to put myself in the situation that people growing up in the less developed countries are in. I’ve gotten a bit of a sense of it by being out there and meeting people and talking with them. 743
Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren’t so exciting. 1.73K
I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. And I’m still fanatical, but now I’m little less fanatical. 1.92K
Although I don’t have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way. 729
I Believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you find research and you learn the basic facts 2.58K