One of the things we know now that we didn't know then, is that revolutions are very painful to a lot of people. And that at the stage that we have evolved to now, a revolution would be extremely painful.

In the broad sense design means thinking about what the function or purpose of things or processes are, and translating that into action.

By the time you get a job, you know how to behave in a meeting or how to write a simple memo.

Mindfulness means being aware of how you're deploying your attention and making decisions about it, and not letting the tweet or the buzzing of your BlackBerry call your attention.

The areas of the brain that have to do with speech are very connected with the same parallel processors that have to do with the kind of ballistic calculations you need to hit small game with a rock.

I think e-mail petitions are an illusion. It gives people the illusion that they're participating in some meaningful political action.

1947 America blasted off.