If he wants me broken, then I will have to be whole.
People are good at figuring out what's attractive, and computers are good at quickly searching and finding. You put them together, and bang!
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.
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?
My ultimate research goal is to transform our human existence to just eating, sleeping, drinking, playing - nevermind.
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.
Every time you buy tickets on Ticketmaster, you help to digitize a book.
I grew up listening to show tunes in the back of the car.
The single best thing that has happened in my lifetime in music, after punk rock, is being able to share music, globally for free.
God gived you the seed. But the watering and caring of that seed is up to you.
I wish I was better at art. I love some of the great artists of the 19th century and, compared to them, I just feel I lack this technique that they had. They have so much skill.