You're Probably On The Right Track If

If You Ask An Economist What’s Driven Economic Growth, It’s Been Major Advances In Things That Mattered - The Mechanization Of Farming, Mass Manufacturing, Things Like That. The Problem Is, Our Society Is Not Organized Around Doing That.

Optimism Is Important. You Have To Be A Little Silly About The Goals You Are Going To Set. There Is A Phrase I Learned In College Called, 'having A Healthy Disregard For The Impossible.' That Is A Really Good Phrase. You Should Try To Do Things That Most People Would Not Do.

If You're Changing The World, You're Working On Important Things. You're Excited To Get Up In The Morning.

The Web Is A Vast Collection Of Completely Uncontrolled Heterogeneous Documents.

If You Say You Want To Automate Cars And Save People's Lives, The Skills You Need For That Aren't Taught In Any Particular Discipline. I Know - I Was Interested In Working On Automating Cars When I Was A Ph.d. Student In 1995.