Twitter/Charlie Rose Google CEO Larry Page was on stage with Charlie Rose at a TED conference today.

We didn't see a stream of his talk, but judging by Twitter, it was a doozy.

Page talked about the NSA, the future of transportation, curing disease, and why companies fail, to name a few topics.

"The main thing that has caused companies to fail, in my view, is that they missed the future," Page said.

This is why Google is going full steam ahead working on a variety of projects.

"When we bought Android, it was small and I felt guilty working on it, but it was smart, it was the future," he said.

Other interesting ideas: What if everyone made their medical records available for scientists to research? Keep your personal identity anonymous, but give researchers the data. Page thinks we could save 100,000 lives annually.

As for self-driving cars, Page said that the leading cause of death for people under 34 is car accidents. He believes automated cars would fix this (and added that half of Los Angeles is parking lots and highways).

Finally, he said of technology: The more he learns, the more he realizes he has so much to learn.

That kind of curiosity will keep Google burning for years.

Here are some tweets from his speech:

Larry Page: Wouldn’t it be amazing if everyone's medical records were available anonymously to research doctors. Would save 100K lives/yr. — Brad Stone (@BradStone) March 19, 2014

"The main thing that has caused companies to fail, in my view, is that they missed the future." Larry Page at #TED #TED2014 — Bill Gross (@Bill_Gross) March 19, 2014

"When we bought Android, it was small & I felt guilty working on it, but it was smart, it was the future." Larry Page at #TED #TED2014 — Bill Gross (@Bill_Gross) March 19, 2014

"Tremendous good can come from people sharing the right information with the right people in the right way." Larry Page, on privacy #TED2014 — TED Talks (@TEDTalks) March 19, 2014

Larry Page: Wouldn't it be amazing if your medical records were available anonymously - to share & learn #TED2014 pic.twitter.com/ttybUnJPc9 — Daniel Kraft, MD (@daniel_kraft) March 19, 2014

Larry Page: why we need self driving cars - Los Angles is half parking lots and roads. — Vinod Khosla (@vkhosla) March 19, 2014

"It's kind of sad that google has to protect you against the government" Larry page at #ted — david jones (@davidjonesOYW) March 19, 2014