Realism is punishing. Probabilistic skepticism is worse.

Procrastination is the soul rebelling against entrapment.

The fool generalizes the particular; the nerd particularizes the general; some do both; and the wise does neither

All of technology, really, is about maximizing free options.

I lift heavy weights and sprint, but I am so bad at it that I develop severe injuries.

People focus on role models; it is more effective to find antimodels - people you don't want to resemble when you grow up

The only valid political system is one that can handle an imbecile in power without suffering from it