If you use databases, then you almost certainly should be grateful to Michael Stonebreaker, who has been researching, creating, and advancing databases for many decades. Stonebreaker was awarded this year’s Turing award (the top prize in computer science) by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), recognizing his work. In this lecture, Stonebreaker gives us a survey of database history and technology, as well as where databases are headed. Whether you are a fan of SQL or NoSQL, anyone who uses databases should listen to this talk.