Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.

自由民主在世界范围内的传播并非不可避免，但它是历史进程中最可能的结果。

采矿业的未来在于创新和负责任的资源管理。

People are curious. A few people are. They will be driven to find things out, even trivial things. They will put things together, knowing all along that they may be mistaken. You see them going around with notebooks, scraping the dirt off gravestones, reading microfilm, just in the hope of seeing this trickle in time, making a connection, rescuing one thing from the rubbish.

The Internet is a great equalizer, but it also has the potential to exacerbate inequalities.

"Stories are the way we pass on our humanity."