The Cloud, mobile devices, social networking, the internet of things, big data, stem cell research, robotics and neuroscience are all at the cusp of taking us to a fantastic new world.

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And we understood that if we're investing in things like a Hoover Dam or DARPA -- the research and development arm of our military that ended up producing things like the Internet or GPS -- that that, in fact, would be good for everybody.

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