In history, in most cultures, and at most points in time, if you want to find the most advanced technologies, you can look principally in two places. One is weapons and the other is musical instruments. My hypothesis is that instruments are usually ahead of weapons. In fact, I think you can find many examples of instruments being predecessors of weapons and very few in the reverse.

Writing and thinking is not economically sustainable.

In fact, one reason I am interested in developing things in virtual reality is that they're so fascinating. I can come up with problems that are harder than warfare to take up people's time.

If we allow our self-congratulatory adoration of technology to distract us from our own contact with each other, then somehow the original agenda has been lost.

Our willingness to suffer for the sake of the perception of freedom is remarkable.

I think seeking perfection in human affairs is a perfect way to destroy them.

Spirituality is committing suicide. Consciousness is attempting to will itself out of existence.