Many individuals and organization units contribute to every large decision, and the very problem of centralization and decentralization is a problem of arranging the complex system into an effective scheme.

The intelligent altruists, though less altruistic than unintelligent altruists, will be fitter than both unintelligent altruists and selfish individuals.

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

I don't care how big and fast computers are, they're not as big and fast as the world.

The proper study of mankind is the science of design.

Human beings know a lot of things, some of which are true, and apply them. When we like the results, we call it wisdom.

What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention, and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it.