Dyson: "Fundamentally, I invest because of the people." "Of course the way you last is by changing." "You've got to do something in particular and be concrete about what kind of value both you and your company can add." "I think people get over-excited about [spam]. All I know is that there are worse problems in the world than this one." Ubquitity: What's your advice to today's Harvard students? Dyson: "I'd tell them they should not worry too much. They should look for an interesting job where they can learn ..." Ubquitity: What do you think is most important that they learn? Dyson: "How to learn. ... The ability to listen, to understand patterns, to see what's going on, to motivate other people, ..." Esther Dyson ... In Focus |