At its most fundamental, information is a binary choice. In other words, a single bit of information is one yes-or-no choice.

We say that time passes, time goes by, and time flows. Those are metaphors. We also think of time as a medium in which we exist.

The microwave oven is one of the modern objects that convey the most elemental feeling of power over the passing seconds ... If you suffer from hurry sickness in its most advanced stages, you may find yourself punching 88 seconds instead of 90 because it is faster to tap the same digit twice.

The universe is computing its own destiny.

Google is where we go for answers. People used to go elsewhere or, more likely, stagger along not knowing.

Information is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom.

Thinking about language, while thinking _in_ language, leads to puzzles and paradoxes.