We must address, individually and collectively, moral and ethical issues raised by cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence and biotechnology, which will enable significant life extension, designer babies, and memory extraction.

For centuries, economic thinkers, from Adam Smith to John Maynard Keynes, have tried to identify the elusive formula that makes some countries more prosperous and successful than others. My curiosity about this topic spurred me, as a young professor of economics in the late 1970s, to research new ways of measuring national competitiveness.

It was a hallmark of Nelson Mandela's leadership that being open to change made him appear not weaker, but even stronger.

I am a great enthusiast and early adopter of technology, but sometimes I wonder whether the inexorable integration of technology in our lives could diminish some of our quintessential human capacities, such as compassion and cooperation.

I think the way country music is set up, we all came from a family background.

As you become an adult and start to make your way in life, you realize how much your friends are your family - though you get to make fun of your friends, too.

When revising, consider whether you have written anything that will hurt or offend a member of your immediate family. If the answer is no, go back and add something.

My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians.