Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion. That becomes more true the higher the skill level gets.

People are happiest when they're the most productive. People enjoy tasks, especially creative tasks, when the tasks are in the optimal-challenge zone: not too hard and not too easy. To some extent, that has always been true. But it becomes even more true as work becomes more about brains and creativity.

Money is just a way of keeping score.

Simple ingredients prepared in a simple way - that's the best way to take your everyday cooking to a higher level.

I'm motivated by creating a level playing field for the world so that the weak have a chance.

Linux evolved in a completely different way. From nearly the beginning, it was rather casually hacked on by huge numbers of volunteers coordinating only through the Internet.