Wisdom in fragments

The last century has witnessed a radical transformation in the entire human environment, largely as a result of the impact of the mathematical and physical sciences upon technology.

Influential American historian, philosopher, and social critic of technology and urbanism

The Internet is subsuming most of our other intellectual technologies, it's becoming our typewriter and our printing press, our map and our clock, our calculator and our telephone, our post office and our library, our radio and our TV.

Technology writer & author of "The Shallows" and "The Big Switch

Electronic systems change not only what we know, but how we know it.

Influential Federal Judge & Law and Economics Scholar

We are in the epoch of simultaneity; we are in the epoch of juxtaposition, the epoch of the near and the far, of the side-by-side, of the dispersed.

Influential Philosopher of Power, Knowledge, and Discourse in Modern Society

Child labour is one of the worst violations of human rights, it's an affirmation that we don't respect the freedom and dignity of children in our society.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Child Rights Activist Against Child Labor

In our market-economy, consumers have the power. I also believe that almost every consumer has an element of compassion in herself or himself.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Child Rights Activist Against Child Labor

In a world where we have 168 million full-time child labourers, we have just over 200 million adults who are jobless. Studies have shown empirically that there is a parallel between child labour and adult unemployment.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Child Rights Activist Against Child Labor

We have come to consider children as either being exploited or subject to charity; we hardly ever consider them as the equal human beings they are, born with certain inalienable rights.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Child Rights Activist Against Child Labor

Children are bought and sold like animals, sometimes at a lower price than animals. 168 million children work as child labourers, more than 200 million children who should be in education are not at school.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Child Rights Activist Against Child Labor

It's the convergence of technologies at any given time that allow individuals to achieve the things which simply were not possible before. Your smartphone can be used to diagnose diseases for example – every disease has a pattern.

Entrepreneur & Founder of Moon Express, Infosys Technologies Co-Founder

You may become rich, engage in philanthropy and help a million people but the only way you can help a billion people is by building a profitable business. If you can't make a profit, you can't help a billion people – so go make a profit!

Entrepreneur & Founder of Moon Express, Infosys Technologies Co-Founder

Most people think of entrepreneurs as someone who starts a company, but to me? Entrepreneurship is really about problem solving. You can be an entrepreneur in a company, in a family or in your own venture. The bottom line? If you can solve a problem – you're an entrepreneur.

Entrepreneur & Founder of Moon Express, Infosys Technologies Co-Founder

The first trillionaires are going to be created through space exploration. Imagine the mineral wealth on planet Earth, and then realise that Earth is just a tiny blue dot in our whole galaxy… which is just one galaxy in a universe, which could be part of many universes. Everything we think is rare on Earth, is abundant in space.

Entrepreneur & Founder of Moon Express, Infosys Technologies Co-Founder

One of the defining experiences I had with CNET, a digital media company where I was the fourth employee back in the dawn of the internet, was recognizing the power of asking for help.

U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, France, and the United Kingdom

One of the ideas you hear often is that in America there is a culture where not only is it ok to fail, but it's almost expected – like a badge of honor. This is true to a point but that implies a cut-throat culture that is more legend than reality.

U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, France, and the United Kingdom

The key both in the US and the UK is to have hand-raisers – people who want to take a chance, and get involved. That is a spirit that you see both in the UK and in America.

U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, France, and the United Kingdom