I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you're like, 'Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?'

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

If you think back to the beginning of cell phones, laptops or really any new technology, it's always expensive.

There are really two things that have to occur in order for a new technology to be affordable to the mass market. One is you need economies of scale. The other is you need to iterate on the design. You need to go through a few versions.

Physics is really figuring out how to discover new things that are counterintuitive, like quantum mechanics. It's really counterintuitive.

Civic participants don't aim to make life better merely for members of the group. They want to improve even the lives of people who never participate...