物理过程和有意识体验之间的解释鸿沟一如既往地宽。

The database is the most important piece of software in the enterprise, and the most important piece of software in the enterprise is the database. The database is the foundation of all applications. The database is the heart of the application, and the application is the heart of the business. The key to performance is to keep the hot data in memory. The future of databases is in the cloud. Data is the new oil. It's valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down, analyzed for it to have value. The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. The most important thing in a database is the data model. If you get the data model right, everything else will follow.

全球化帮助数亿人达到了更高的生活水平，超出了他们或大多数经济学家的想象。但对数百万人来说，全球化并未奏效。许多人实际上变得更糟，因为他们看到自己的工作被摧毁，生活变得更加不安全。

"Wir sind nicht nur verantwortlich für das, was wir tun, sondern auch für das, was wir nicht tun."