Urban retrofitting: creating different sorts of spaces and uses out of places that are already there.

Copenhagen has done a remarkable job creating streets that are focused on bicycles and pedestrians.

I think there's a gigantic generation gap in terms of how people understand the Internet and how much they think technology is an important factor in social change.

Optimism is a political act. Those who benefit from the status quo are perfectly happy for us to think nothing is going to get any better. In fact, these days, cynicism is obedience.

If mass media, social isolation in the suburbs, alienating workplaces and long car commutes create a bunker mentality, the Internet does the opposite.

By looking at climate change as a clean energy generation problem, we're setting ourselves up not to solve it.

It's not just enough to survive. We've got to make something better than what we've got.

The denser places get, the lower the amount of energy people use to get around it.

We have to craft new political realities, not only in places like India, Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, but here at home as well. Another world is possible.

Cabbies in particular seem to like discussing the fate the Earth.

Saying the Tech Bloom is not commercially driven is like saying Mother Teresa had an interest in the poor.

Practice is the hardest part of learning, and training is the essence of transformation.

I followed you.' I saw no one.' That is what you may expect to see when I follow you.

Your passion is such that you pursue it for free because experiencing it is its own reward.

I love watching people get hit in the crotch. But only if they get back up. If their teeth are bleeding, if they're really hurt, if an ambulance has to come, I'm not laughing.

Festivals are weird, you never know what to expect so it's a bit more nerve wracking then playing your own show.

Beauty and sadness always go together.

If you look deep inside trust, you'll find truth.

Looking at scenes of nature, for even a short while, can help us become more insightful, more creative, and more productive.

At first glance it may appear too hard. Look again. Always look again.

I would say Colin Jost is Kanye West because he takes like the creative risk a lot of times, whereas I'm like, "Uh, I don't know..."