Science for me is a language of peace and the only one I know which is absolutely international. I can talk to a UK scientist or any scientist worldwide about my research and they understand exactly what I am talking about. We may even find an area of mutual interest to collaborate on and together we can make an even greater impact on the world around us.

I'd argue that while no doubt mistakes have been made, including by us and KKR, many have misunderstood (or greatly simplified) the model. They have overlooked how value is created -- and for whom.

I don’t like live music. (I know that is a very despicable opinion.) I love great recordings.

Their clothes' lines. The oil crisis could be solved if people didn't use dryers.

I usually switch up what I’m doing.

what is the seed? What is this that's been given to me?

we need to let this thing go, because it was complete

And then Octavia, I open up her books and the protagonist is a Black girl. And both the Blackness and the youth matter here, that it was like, she was writing people who were 15 years old and who already had a sense of destiny and a sense of, the world needs to change, and I’m going to shape that. I’m going to be a part of that. And she was very solution-oriented in her writing, she was very practical in her writing, so everything is very clear. You’re not going to read Octavia and come away confused.

how do I, in my lifetime, do my part to help return the species to itself?

Anyone can talk. Anyone can write. It takes discipline and rigor