We're in an era in which we want to believe people have roughly equal potential. IQ gives the lie to that.

I believe the personal essay is underrated for both writer and reader. It affords the writer great freedom: to speak personally yet invoke others' ideas, to be rational and/or emotional, to be confident or admit doubt.

Senescence is an inevitability. All we can do is try to strike the balance between graceful acceptance and raging against the dying light.

Entrepreneurship may be the most under-taught subject.

Being a good writer may result in your being nicer to more people, having a bigger positive impact.

If you have an ability, you want to exercise it, not anesthetize it.

Behaviorism is sometimes criticized as encouraging unethical behavior. For example, most organizations offer rewards for increasing revenue and threat of punishment, perhaps firing if you don't "make your number."