Philosophy

Cancer cells grow faster, adapt better. They are more perfect versions of ourselves.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and physician specializing in cancer biology

To confront cancer is to encounter a parallel species, one perhaps more adapted to survival than we are. This image- of cancer as our desperate, malevolent, contemporary doppelganger- is so haunting because it is at least partly true.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and physician specializing in cancer biology

If we, as a species, are the ultimate product of Darwinian selection, then so, too, is this incredible disease that lurks inside us.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and physician specializing in cancer biology

We were approaching the technological simulation of consciousness, when the creative process of knowing will be collectively and corporately extended to the whole of human society.

Media Theorist Who Predicted the Digital Age & Global Communication

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

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

Influential Federal Judge & Law and Economics Scholar

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

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

I have anxiety and depression, I don't 'suffer with them' as the description would normally go. I have them in the way I have arms, legs, eyes and a mouth, they are a part of me.

I see it as my moral obligation in this world to help these people unlock their potential so they can start working on humanity's grand challenges.

You can't be successful unless you're genuine as a human being and honest. The startups in our world that are really successful are both genuine and honest; they bring that pure level of passion to the table and they're very honest about the world around them.

I believe that success in business can be measured by if you enjoy what you are doing; create something that stands out; create something that everyone is really proud of.

Founder of Virgin Group & Billionaire Entrepreneur & Adventurer

True success in life can only be gauged by something which is priceless; how much love you have in your life – I am truly fortunate to be surrounded by extremely loving and fun family and friends and nothing beats spending time with the people I love.

Founder of Virgin Group & Billionaire Entrepreneur & Adventurer

If you fall flat on your face, at least you're moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again!

Founder of Virgin Group & Billionaire Entrepreneur & Adventurer

Money is not my first priority – I have always pursued what I am passionate about whether that will make me money or not, my fascination is learning and discovery more than being rich and powerful.

Founder of Virgin Group & Billionaire Entrepreneur & Adventurer

We must fundamentally change how we see children - not as objects of charity, but as individuals with rights, with potential, with the power to transform our world.

Founder of Lumos, global children's rights and deinstitutionalization advocate