There are always a few people who are hyper-normal.

The industrial revolution took the father out of the home and put the kids in school. And then everyone had their own little scene.

Like most modern Americans, I assume individuality is not only a fundamental value, but a goal in life, an art form.

Pay attention to what you're paying attention to.

What the Japanese are, are the Americans of the 21st century. Essentially what is objectionable about them is what was objectionable about Americans when we had the ball. However, they are committed in a way that American technology is not.

Humans are language machines, computers are language machines.

I think the one thing humans are is language wizards.