It has been more profitable for us to bind together in the wrong direction than to be alone in the right one.

Another definition of modernity: conversations can be more and more completely reconstructed with clips from other conversations taking place at the same time on the planet.

Please, don’t drive a school bus blindfolded.

An ad hominem attack against an individual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that the person does not have anything intelligent to say about your message.

The best way to measure the loss of intellectual sophistication - this "nerdification," to put it bluntly - is in the growing disappearance of sarcasm, as mechanic minds take insults a bit too literally.

An erudite is someone who displays less than he knows; a journalist or consultant the opposite.

Don't aim to be perfect! Aim to be antifragile