You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper

A good design is not a democratic consensus.

Possibilities play a much bigger role in thinking than most people believe. Without possibilities you cannot make progress.

The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

People should realize we're jerks just like them.

Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.

I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don't acquire any identity or self-image of themselves as thinkers.