TIME 100 Roundtables

Tech's Hottest Trend
Electricity. There was an irreversible change that happened when oil reached this peak price point where a lot of entrepreneurs said, "Wait a minute. All I have to do is give you that much energy for less than 140 bucks, and I can make money?"

Better Bet: Apple or Google?
[You think] Apple is going to manage all our micropayments and application purchases, like for the next 20 years? That'll be Google. Google will be doing that.

Online All The Time?
We're all looking at that and going, Oh, my gosh, are we gonna move the majority of our intellectual, creative, communicative activity into some sort of online domain? And I think the answer is yeah, in some way, and that is a pretty, pretty amazing thought.