He believed in the primacy of doubt, not as a blemish upon our ability to know, but as the essence of knowing.
James GleickIt is not the amount of knowledge that makes a brain. It is not even the distribution of knowledge. It is the interconnectedness.
James GleickThe Internet is like a town that leaves its streets unmarked on the principle that people who don't already know don't belong
James GleickTiny 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 Effectโthe notion that a butterfly stirring the air today in Peking can transform storm systems next month in New York.
James Gleick