That is the paradox of the epidemic: that in order to create one contagious movement, you often have to create many small movements first.

When people reflexively write checks to institutions that have billions of dollars in the bank, they are essentially committing a moral crime. Your money could do good in this world and you're choosing instead to waste it. People have to do a better job of that. You've got to find places where your money's going to do some good and direct your dollars towards that institution.

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

I should point out that I have a picture of Asbel Kiprop as the screensaver on my phone. Is that embarrassing?

A book, I was taught long ago in English class, is a living and breathing document that grows richer with each new reading.

Innovators have to be open. They have to be able to imagine things that others cannot and be willing to challenge their own preconceptions. They also need to be conscientious. An innovator who has brilliant ideas but lacks the discipline and persistence to carry them out is merely a dreamer ... But crucially, innovators need to be disagreeable ... They are people willing to take social risks-to do things that others might disapprove of.

Did they know why they knew? Not at all. But the Knew!