There is nothing more gray, stultifying, or dreary than life lived inside the confines of a theory.

Software breaks before it bends, so it demands perfection in a universe that prefers statistics.

We already knew that kids learned computer technology more easily than adults, It is as if children were waiting all these centuries for someone to invent their native language.

I think that one can seek a way to eliminate war, and still agree that fighting the Nazis was a good thing.

Is war an inevitable outcome of competing interests in a complex society? In other words, would war be the same even if human nature were very different? There are mathematical models of large groups working together that lead to conflict on a reliable basis. So there's a whole other view of war that is not psychological at all.

Individuals achieve optimal stupidity when they're given substantial powers while being insulated from the results of their actions.

An economy where advertisers thrive while journalists and artists struggle, reflects the values of a society more interested in deception and manipulation than in truth and beauty