Heroes are heroes because they are heroic in behavior, not because they won or lost.

Few understand that procrastination is our natural defense, letting things take care of themselves and exercise their antifragility; it results from some ecological or naturalistic wisdom, and is not always bad - at an existential level, it is my body rebelling against its entrapment. It is my soul fighting the Procrustean bed of modernity.

I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.

In the United States large corporations control some members of Congress. All this does is delay the corporation’s funeral at our expense.

For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.

The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.

It is my great hope someday, to see science and decision makers rediscover what the ancients have always known. Namely that our highest currency is respect.