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You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.

— Michael Dell

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I do think a founder has special permission to make sweeping changes across an organization.

I love this idea of human-machine partnerships because in my mind it’s always been very clear. It’s not about humans or machines, it’s about humans and machines.

What would I do [with Apple]? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.

Every technology creates good and bad. You can sit here and say, "AI is really bad, we shouldn't have AI" - that's nonsense. We have to figure out how to use it in a responsible way, that's our job.

Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people … or find a different room..

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