Creativity comes from applying things you learn in other fields to the field you work in.

As the Internet breaks down the last justifications for a professional class of politicians, it also builds up the tools for replacing them.

Only those blinded by greed would refuse to let a friend make a copy.

There is no justice in following unjust laws.

Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy.

There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture.

But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations. Want to read the papers featuring the most famous results of the sciences? You'll need to send enormous amounts to publishers like Reed Elsevier.