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" Net neutrality is such an important principle for the Web and for the Internet. It's how the Internet's operated for all this time. "
Megan Smith
Internet
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" I like to work at the beginning of projects. Once they get stable, I'll hand them off. "
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" Thinking through how to make sure we're bringing incredible toys and experiences and that to our girls and our boys at some point is really important for this country for the world in general. "
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" The most important thing is, we really want to make sure the American people are able to get to any Web site they'd like to get to. "
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" I think open source is an evolutionary idea for humanity, this idea of transparency. It played out for us in the technology world, but it also played out with the idea of a truth and reconciliation commission and Wikipedia. "
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" There's this fabulous innovation ship called Unreasonable at Sea, where I'm a mentor. One of the companies there was called Protei, and they're an open hardware ocean exploration and monitoring idea. "
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" We know that diversity can sometimes be more uncomfortable because things are less familiar - but it gets the best results. "
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Know
Results
More
" The American government will be whatever we all make of it. "
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American
Whatever
Will
" Take everything you know. Take your whole selves. Be inclusive. Be open. Make history in the infinite ways that your heart takes you. "
Megan Smith
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History
Know
" We culturally decided, as the personal computer came in, that it was for the boys. "
Megan Smith
Personal
Decided
Came
" You've got Americans who are making Amazon and Facebook and Twitter. That level of American needs to run future government. "
Megan Smith
American
Future
Government
" Across our great nation, we've begun to see an acceleration of the power of data to deliver value. "
Megan Smith
Value
See
Power
" I was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo. "
Megan Smith
School
Lucky
High School
" Each kid is unique in what captures their attention and their passion. "
Megan Smith
Unique
Passion
Kid
" Science class is traditionally taught as science history class - you learn all these facts that someone else discovered, which you need to know, but that's not really an inspiring way to learn science. "
Megan Smith
Facts
You
Science
" There are 2 to 3 million women programmers in the world. We need to see them more. "
Megan Smith
Million
World
Women
" In the early IBM team, that was a racially diverse team, a gender-diverse team. "
Megan Smith
IBM
Early
Diverse
" Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code. "
Megan Smith
Perfect
Second
Learn
" We are the only country with an operating rover on Mars. We are an amazing country on tech. "
Megan Smith
Amazing
Rover
Only
" What was so special about the Mac, we all know, was the graphical computer interface. "
Megan Smith
About
Special
Mac
" To me, there's so much talent in the world that's locked out for the wrong reasons, whether it's innovators at the highest end where we need to change the regulation systems, or whether it's the talented people who work here who the bureaucracy's holding back, or the amazing American people. "
Megan Smith
People
Amazing
Change
" I have been able to attend many technology conferences around the world over the years, including some of the largest, like Google I/O, Microsoft's Developer Conference, Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference, Oracle World, Le Web, and more. "
Megan Smith
World
Apple
Google
" I have a good eye for great projects, talent, and entrepreneurs. "
Megan Smith
Eye
Great
Good
" The mandate for the CTO's office is to unleash the power of technology, data, and innovation on behalf of the nation. The CTO's office is really trying to bring best practices, possibilities, pilots, and policy advising. "
Megan Smith
Power
Best
Technology
" Americans really expect to interact with our government digitally. "
Megan Smith
Our
Really
Expect
" If we're the country that makes Amazon and Facebook and Twitter, why can't the federal government have websites and digital services that are awesome? "
Megan Smith
Digital
Awesome
Country
" Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions. "
Megan Smith
Great
Human
Personal
" It's an incredibly important thing to make sure we preserve net neutrality. "
Megan Smith
Important
Sure
Neutrality
" I'm on the MIT board, and a lot of our buildings now have daycare centers; it's becoming a standard. "
Megan Smith
Standard
Now
Becoming
" I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do. "
Megan Smith
Working
Person
Government
" I think it's so important in preschool and in kindergarten and elementary school that we're not biasing ourselves. "
Megan Smith
School
Think
Kindergarten