“What’s clear – and exciting – is that communication for social change is growing.”

Save interesting thoughts, quotations, films, technologies… the medium doesn’t matter, so long as it inspires you.

When I look at a pie chart, I just go numb.

I was really intrigued by the idea of using live streams of data that’s relevant to real people, and that would allow us to reflect and learn about ourselves.

Data can actually make us more human.

I studied at UC Santa Cruz before going on to do a grad program at UCLA. Santa Cruz was like an awesome hippie summer camp. I got to take a vacation from reality and hang out on beaches and in forests.

My mom’s a psychologist, and I think that has influenced me on a personal level. Plus, I’m just generally interested in visualization and humanity, social activity and technology, and what happens in aggregate.

So far, I’ve only sailed in the Caribbean. I’ve sailed the Virgin Island and The Grenadines. I liked all that. We charted some really crummy boats in the Grenadines. That made for an exciting sailing trip (laughs) when everything goes well.

Don’t be afraid to take risks. Make the most of your journey. Make it fun and exciting.

So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting.

Lots of crime films are about work. Free Fire could have been about a company of plumbers doing pipe-fixing and stuff. But the plumbing film is not so exciting.

The most exciting thing for all of us is movies and movie stars.

The transpersonal is more awe-inspiring, more exciting than the thing we confuse it for.

We were playing Chinese restaurants and basements and record stores and houses. We were crashing on floors and it was all new and exciting. It was like a vacation. It didn’t feel like work.

That is the exciting thing: I don’t know what God has given me for tomorrow.