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

Most people's major life changes don't come from reading an article in the newspaper; they come from reading longer-form essays or thoughtful books, which are much more convincing and detailed.

No, you can’t force other people to change. You can, however, change just about everything else. And usually, that’s enough.

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.

The adults were completely wrong.

Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized all the facts some bureaucrats have put in the 7th grade curriculum.

Now everyone has a license to speak, it’s a question of who gets heard.