Solving a problem simply means representing it so as to make the solution transparent.

Learning is any change in a system that produces a more or less permanent change in its capacity for adapting to its environment.

A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.

Most of us really aren't horribly unique. There are 6 billion of us. Put 'em all in one room and very few would stand out as individuals. So maybe we ought to think of worth in terms of our ability to get along as a part of nature, rather than being the lords over nature

Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.

The aim ... is to provide a clear and rigorous basis for determining when a causal ordering can be said to hold between two variables or groups of variables in a model . . . . The concepts refer to a model-a system of equations-and not to the 'real' world the model purports to describe.

Technology may create a condition, but the questions are what do we do about ourselves. We better understand ourselves pretty clearly and we better find ways to like ourselves