I should watch network television, or daytime television, because I'm not sure who all these people are who keep getting referred to in blogs and newspapers. I better get myself culturally attuned.

The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you allow in before it takes over?

I don't think people are going to switch over to bikes because it's good for them or because it's politically correct. They're going to do it because it gets them from A to B faster.

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label.

My take is that the kind of complexity which says we can always generate complexity from simple interactions following for example rules.

The more you know, the more you know you don't know and the more you know that you don't know.