The Reason Societies With Democratic Governments Are

The Idea Behind A Dish - The Delight And The Surprise - Makes A Difference. Great Literature Surprises And Delights, And Provokes Us. It Isn't Just 'here's The Facts - Boy Meets Girl, Boy Loses Girl, Boy Gets Girl.' It's How You Tell It.

If I Say I've Got Two Versions Of Word - That Old One From 1982 That's Perfect, With Zero Defects; Or The New One That's Got All This Cool New Stuff, But There Might Be A Few Bugs In It - People Always Want The New One. But I Wouldn't Want Them To Operate A Plane I Was On With Software That Happened To Be The Latest Greatest Release!

With Cult Foods, There Is An Underlying Assumption That The Best Cooking Ideas Came Generations Ago. Yet Culinary Innovation Is Nothing To Be Ashamed Of. When A Chef Tells Me He Is Cooking With His Grandmother's Recipe, I Always Wonder Why. Did Talent Skip The Past Two Generations?

My Company Invents All Kinds Of New Technology In Lots Of Different Areas. And We Do That For A Couple Of Reasons. We Invent For Fun - Invention Is A Lot Of Fun To Do - And We Also Invent For Profit. The Two Are Related Because The Profit Actually Takes Long Enough That If It Isn't Fun, You Wouldn't Have The Time To Do It.

The First Thing That Is Not Obvious To People Is Global Warming Is A Less-than-1% Effect. It's Like Being Shortchanged At The Bank By A Penny Every Dollar. Over A Long Period Of Time With Lots Of Transactions, That Piles Up.