Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously..

I don’t want to be happy. I just want to change the world..

But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries….

But all of this action goes on in the dark, hidden underground. It’s called stealing or piracy, as if sharing a wealth of knowledge were the moral eq….

Now everyone has a license to speak, it’s a question of who gets heard..

Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves..

What is "this drive"? It's the tendency to not simply accept things as they are but to want to think about them, to understand them. To not be conten….

Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized ….

Creativity comes from applying things you learn in other fields to the field you work in..

Think deeply about things. Don’t just go along because that’s the way things are or that’s what your friends say. Consider the effects, consider the ….

What is the most important thing you could be working on in the world right now? ... And if you're not working on that, why aren't you?.

No, you can’t force other people to change. You can, however, change just about everything else. And usually, that’s enough..

Reality is painful -- it's so much easier to keep doing stuff you know you're good at or else to pick something so hard there's no point at which it'….

The adults were completely wrong..

With enough of us, around the world, we'll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge - we'll make it a thing of the past..

There is no justice in following unjust laws..

There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposit….

Books are totally useless unless you take their advice. If you just keep reading them, thinking "that's so insightful! that changes everything," but ….

Most people's major life changes don't come from reading an article in the newspaper; they come from reading longer-form essays or thoughtful books, ….

As the Internet breaks down the last justifications for a professional class of politicians, it also builds up the tools for replacing them..

We need to take information, wherever it is stored, make our copies and share them with the world. We need to take stuff that's out of copyright and ….