 There's something that underlies how things function in the world. I think it starts with being curious, that's where it starts. I'm a scientist because I love this world. I love finding out more about this world. I like finding out how things work. What is science? Oh man, let's see. Science is a thirst for knowledge. Science is a process. A process to help us think better. It's asking the right set of questions. Science has no political ideology. It's not liberal, it's not conservative. It just is. Scientific thinking is good thinking. We are facing all these complex problems. Climate change. Hunger. Infectious disease. Injustice. How are we going to address those problems? We need to discover faster. You can't give up. You've got to be skeptical. You find methods to try and prove yourself wrong. If a scientist is not open-minded, you are not a scientist. We are never happy, and we never should be happy. Because things can always be improved. We have particle physicists. Designers. Engineers. Economists. Chemists. Biologists. Ethnomusicologists. It's really a community endeavor. All the different talents, all the different mindsets, backgrounds, experiences. That's just a mission we have. I am an IBM Research because I love the people I work with. I admire the people I work with. They're incredibly good, and because they're so good, I can be good. There's never been a better time to be a nerd. And that's the beauty of it.