"If you look at those companies that have produced ~95% of the innovations that in recent years have produced most of the US stock market and economic outperformance relative to other countries, it comes down to something like a million people, roughly half of whom are immigrants (out of a US population of 333 million people)."

"Our biggest problem is how we deal with each other and our environment. In other words, the problems are with us. While we need a lot more empathy, logic, and civility, it looks like we will have more selfishness, emotion, and discord. If that doesn't improve, both the rich and the poor should feel threatened."