Each generation of rabbis is necessarily less perfect than the rabbis that came before, since each generation is more removed from the perfection of the Garden. Therefore, no rabbi is allowed to overturn any of his forebears' wisdom, since they are all, by definition, smarter than him.

If you stare at someone long enough, they'll eventually look back at you.

Technology giveth and technology taketh away.

For decades, computers have been helping us to remember, but now it's time for them to help us to ignore.

Terrorism is about magnifying one mediagenic act of violence into one hundred billion acts of terrorized authoritarian idiocy.

It's hard not to like Asimov; he's a really likable guy.

Freedom is something you have to take for yourself.