Today, we don't blink an eye when the world's wealthiest individuals donate enormous sums of money to charitable causes. In fact, we expect them to do so.

Two-thirds of all growth takes place in cities because, by simple fact of population density, our urban spaces are perfect innovation labs. The modern metropolis is jam-packed. People are living atop one another; their ideas are as well.

In fact, the world needs more nerds.

in the blink of an eye.

My closest friends today are, in fact, my friends from college.

I don't know what to expect. I don't know many of their names. But the fact that they've come this far says a lot about them.