If you get asked to do something that would take place down the road (say you get asked … - Luis von Ahn

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In the end, Ted Kennedy was a politician, plain and simple. Yet he embodied how politics and public service can be successfully intertwined. You cant be a good public servant without being a good politician. Kennedy was both.

Luis von Ahn

If you get asked to do something that would take place down the road (say you get asked to speak at a conference that's a year away) and you wouldn't want to do it if it were taking place next week, then don't do it. This advice has helped me evaluate the opportunities that I truly want to dedicate my time to and those that I don't.

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Before the Internet, coordinating more than 100,000 people, let alone paying them, was essentially impossible. But now with the Internet, I've just shown you a project where we've gotten 750 million people to help us digitize human knowledge.

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The question that motivates my research is, if we can put a man on the Moon with 100,000 [people], what can we do with 100 million?

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My ultimate research goal is to transform our human existence to just eating, sleeping, drinking, playing - nevermind.

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In 2011, after spending a couple of years working at Google, I decided that I wanted to dedicate myself to helping to transform education. I was particularly inspired by my upbringing in Guatemala, a poor country where high-quality educational opportunities are limited to those who have money.

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Every time you buy tickets on Ticketmaster, you help to digitize a book.

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