My Career At Microsoft Really Was Getting

Suppose That Every Prospective Parent In The World Stopped Having Children Naturally, And Instead Produced Clones Of Themselves. What Would The World Be Like In Another 20 Or 30 Years? The Answer Is: Much Like Today. Cloning Would Only Copy The Genetic Aspects Of People Who Are Already Here.

One Of The Problems With Posing A 'bold New Plan' Is That You Can't Just Extrapolate From Previous Plans.

One Of The Things That I Love To Do Is Travel Around The World And Look At Archaeological Sites. Because Archaeology Gives Us An Opportunity To Study Past Civilizations, And See Where They Succeeded And Where They Failed. Use Science To, You Know, Work Backwards And Say, 'well, Really, What Were They Thinking?'

The Prize For Ultimate Inefficiency Goes To America. We Have Built In So Many Checks And Balances That Our 'leaders' Are The Most Thoroughly Hogtied Of Any On Earth.

Most Decisions Are Seat-of-the-pants Judgments. You Can Create A Rationale For Anything. In The End, Most Decisions Are Based On Intuition And Faith.