Write even when the world is chaotic.

Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

What if I got hit by lightning while walking with an umbrella? Ban umbrellas! Fight the menace of lightning!

... the Kindle is a "roach motel" device: its license terms and DRM ensure that books can check in, but they can't check out.

The big problem isn’t piracy, it’s obscurity.

Everyone wants a definition of creativity that makes what they do into something special and what everyone else does into nothing special. But the fact is, we're all creative. We come up with weird and interesting ideas all the time. The biggest difference between 'creators' isn't their imagination - it's how hard they work. Ideas are easy. Doing stuff is hard.

Once you get to naming your laptop, you know that you're really having a deep relationship with it.