Esther Dyson

I mean, it's a useful fact to know some numbers, but the way we value people, the way we value things is, again, very short-term addictive as opposed to long-term and long. I actually have this quadrant chart. In the lower left-hand corner is all me right now, and that's the person who's addicted to something, and they've lost touch with their family, with their community.

I mean, it's a useful fact to know some numbers, but the way we value people, the way we value things is, again, very short-term addictive as opposed to long-term and long. I actually have this quadrant chart. In the lower left-hand corner is all me right now, and that's the person who's addicted to something, and they've lost touch with their family, with their community.

I mean, it's a useful fact to know some numbers, but the way we value people, the way we value things is, again, very short-term addictive as opposed to long-term and long. I actually have this quadrant chart. In the lower left-hand corner is all me right now, and that's the person who's addicted to something, and they've lost touch with their family, with their community.

They lost their job, and all they want is what they can get right now. In the upper left-hand is the billionaire who gives $1,000 to this guy who goes and spends it on drugs. The billionaire feels good, but he really hasn't helped the world at all. Then the benevolent billionaire also gives $100 million to a hospital so that when he gets older, he's going to get good treatment.

They lost their job, and all they want is what they can get right now. In the upper left-hand is the billionaire who gives $1,000 to this guy who goes and spends it on drugs. The billionaire feels good, but he really hasn't helped the world at all. Then the benevolent billionaire also gives $100 million to a hospital so that when he gets older, he's going to get good treatment.

They lost their job, and all they want is what they can get right now. In the upper left-hand is the billionaire who gives $1,000 to this guy who goes and spends it on drugs. The billionaire feels good, but he really hasn't helped the world at all. Then the benevolent billionaire also gives $100 million to a hospital so that when he gets older, he's going to get good treatment.

And he's taking care of his own, but he's not taking care of his community or the rest of the world. And then, of course, in the upper right-hand corner is the long-term thinker who... thinks long-term about the welfare of themselves and all the people around them. And it doesn't need to be the entire world. That goes back to the term limits thing.

And he's taking care of his own, but he's not taking care of his community or the rest of the world. And then, of course, in the upper right-hand corner is the long-term thinker who... thinks long-term about the welfare of themselves and all the people around them. And it doesn't need to be the entire world. That goes back to the term limits thing.

And he's taking care of his own, but he's not taking care of his community or the rest of the world. And then, of course, in the upper right-hand corner is the long-term thinker who... thinks long-term about the welfare of themselves and all the people around them. And it doesn't need to be the entire world. That goes back to the term limits thing.

Find the piece of the world that you want to fix slash maintain and do that effectively. It's not like what is the single most useful thing application of philanthropy. No. What is what you have the heart and the interest in doing and find your sphere of influence and work within that and love the people in it and share and collaborate. And that's success.

Find the piece of the world that you want to fix slash maintain and do that effectively. It's not like what is the single most useful thing application of philanthropy. No. What is what you have the heart and the interest in doing and find your sphere of influence and work within that and love the people in it and share and collaborate. And that's success.

Find the piece of the world that you want to fix slash maintain and do that effectively. It's not like what is the single most useful thing application of philanthropy. No. What is what you have the heart and the interest in doing and find your sphere of influence and work within that and love the people in it and share and collaborate. And that's success.

That's a great story. I mean, that's train your kids, not with statistics and tests, but in this is what I do as a parent. This is the interesting things I do. These are the people who work with me. This is my business is a good business. It doesn't seduce people and destroy them. It provides real value. And I respect the people who work for me.

That's a great story. I mean, that's train your kids, not with statistics and tests, but in this is what I do as a parent. This is the interesting things I do. These are the people who work with me. This is my business is a good business. It doesn't seduce people and destroy them. It provides real value. And I respect the people who work for me.

That's a great story. I mean, that's train your kids, not with statistics and tests, but in this is what I do as a parent. This is the interesting things I do. These are the people who work with me. This is my business is a good business. It doesn't seduce people and destroy them. It provides real value. And I respect the people who work for me.

whatever it is that you do, but just help them see what it means to be the grownup that you are. And so what kinds of things are you solving at work, daddy? We used to go to our dance off. That was fun.

whatever it is that you do, but just help them see what it means to be the grownup that you are. And so what kinds of things are you solving at work, daddy? We used to go to our dance off. That was fun.

whatever it is that you do, but just help them see what it means to be the grownup that you are. And so what kinds of things are you solving at work, daddy? We used to go to our dance off. That was fun.

I hate being called a futurist. I always say, no, my job is to understand the present, to understand the present. And then not so much predict the future, but try to make it better than it could be by warning people, informing people. And so I don't know what's going to happen. I do know that we need to focus more on, again, human capacity, healthy humans, making sure people...

I hate being called a futurist. I always say, no, my job is to understand the present, to understand the present. And then not so much predict the future, but try to make it better than it could be by warning people, informing people. And so I don't know what's going to happen. I do know that we need to focus more on, again, human capacity, healthy humans, making sure people...