Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe ten percent to business thinking. Business isn't that complicated. I wouldn't want to put it on my business card.
From Bill Gates
It is hard to overstate how valuable it is to have all the incredible tools that are used for human disease to study plants.
Over time, yes, countries will need to look at specific GMO products like they look at drugs today, where they don't approve them all. They look hard at the safety and the testing. And they make sure that the benefits far outweigh any of the downsides.
The malaria parasite has been killing children and sapping the strength of whole populations for tens of thousands of years. It is impossible to calculate the harm malaria has done to the world.
I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence.
Eventually we'll be able to sequence the human genome and replicate how nature did intelligence in a carbon-based system.
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.
Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things.
The most impactful dollars that Australia can spend are actually what goes to help the poorest.
The moral systems of religion, I think, are super important.
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