It's the stupid questions that have some of the most surprising and interesting answers. Most people never think to ask the stupid questions.

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.

These days, tales of what Facebook did with its users during the singularity are commonly used to scare naughty children in Wales.

My feelings towards Scott Card are pretty mixed. Politically, he and I are pretty far apart.

I just sit down and the page just comes out and I look at it and the elements that appear on that page have a lot to do with what's going on in my life.

I'd never been a tall guy, and the girls I'd dated had all been my height--teenaged girls grow faster than guys, which is a cruel trick of nature.

The accolade of your peers is very exciting, always. There's lots of good stuff on the ballot.