Cyberspace, especially, draws us into the instant.
Everything we care about lies somewhere in the middle, where pattern and randomness interlace.
We choose mania over boredom every time.
Vengeful conquerors burn books as if the enemy's souls reside there, too.
Ideas that require people to reorganize their picture of the world provoke hostility.
Thinking about language, while thinking _in_ language, leads to puzzles and paradoxes.