The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.

Our intuitions, as humans, aren't always very good. Changes that happen really suddenly, on the strength of the most minor of input, can be deeply confusing.

The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.

Success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities.

The entire principle of a blind taste test was ridiculous. They shouldn't have cared so much that they were losing blind taste tests with old Coke, and we shouldn't at all be surprised that Pepsi's dominance in blind taste tests never translated to much in the real world. Why not? Because in the real world, no one ever drinks Coca-Cola blind.

What does it say about a society that it devotes more care and patience to the selection of those who handle its money than of those who handle its children?

Science fiction annoyed me because it was like, "Why is the world as it is not enough for you?"