The definition of who's literate and who's not keeps changing. So, in Neanderthal times, if you painted on a cave wall, that was enough to transmit how you hunt, how you eat, how you cook, how you dress, and we… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
The difference between humans and Neanderthals is .004 percent of gene code. That's how big the difference is, one species to another. — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
Those of us of a certain age grew up expecting that by now we would have Rosie the Robot from 'The Jetsons' in our… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in why countries appear and disappear. And the curious thing is how often it happens. — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
There are certain zip codes that generate a disproportionate share of patents, of startups, of wealth, of jobs. And it's really important if other… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
Try to live without something digital - without digital code for about two hours, very hard to do if you're awake. — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
It's such an extraordinary time to be alive that you just don't want to miss it. I mean, it's a really neat historical period. — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
The U.S. started with no stars. In fact, it started with a completely different flag. The last two were added in 1959, Hawaii and… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
China has, all of a sudden, found a way of putting the best of the best to work to build an economy that is… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
There is so much extraordinary opportunity if you're curious, if you're interested. — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
Not only are we reading life code, we're beginning to copy it through cloning, and we're beginning to write, and in the measure that… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
One of the lessons that I hope people will take out is the extreme dependence simply on the financial sector is really dangerous. — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
The difference between people who can read and write and those who can't is just absolutely astronomical. — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
It's not completely inconceivable that someday you'll be able to download your own memories. — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
Borlaug would be one figure that I think fundamentally changed India, China, all of Southeast Asia, and gave them the time to be able… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
When I grew up, I simply didn't have mentors that said, "Science is important. Science helps you build a country. Science makes a country… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
It's actually very hard to find an area of the economy that doesn't fundamentally change in the measure that we are able to read… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
