“People are mostly focused on defending the computers on the Internet, ...” — W. Daniel Hillis Quote

“People are mostly focused on defending the computers on the Internet, and there's been surprisingly little attention to defending the Internet itself as a communications medium.”

“In almost every technology area that we're ahead in, we're ahead in because the United States leads the world in computers.”

“A human body is a conversation going on, both within the cells and between the cells, and they're telling each other to grow and to die; when you're sick, something's gone wrong with that conversation.”

“Environmental advocates say that changing how much power computers and monitors use in idle mode can cut greenhouse gas emissions without requiring consumers to change their behavior.”

“Computers are great tools, but they need to be applied to the physical world.”

“We're leading a fundamental shift from centralized energy to distributed energy. Energy will go in that direction, just like mainframe computers went to client servers, then to the Internet. I believe in solar, and the macro trends are just too undeniable.”