Education is my next big thing. When music and art were taken out of the schools, I went berserk!

There is always the next big thing, the next big skater.

So now, if we don't fund the physical sciences, where will the Next Big Thing come from?

I'd been told I was going to be the next big thing. But in actual fact, the complete opposite happened.

The big success stories - Facebook, Zynga and Twitter - are leading to investing in ideas on a napkin, because no one wants to miss out on the next big thing.

Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to - or can't - join the Big Parade.