Every new medium transforms the nature of human thought. In the long run, history is the story of information becoming aware of itself.

Tiny differences in input could quickly become overwhelming differences in output.... In weather, for example, this translates into what is only half-jokingly known as the Butter- fly Effect—the notion that a butterfly stirring the air today in Peking can transform storm systems next month in New York.

Everything we care about lies somewhere in the middle, where pattern and randomness interlace.

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.

The Internet is like a town that leaves its streets unmarked on the principle that people who don't already know don't belong

In the mind's eye, a fractal is a way of seeing infinity.