Failure saves lives. In the airline industry, every time a plane crashes the probability of the next crash is lowered by that.
All of technology, really, is about maximizing free options.
At no point in history have so many non-risk-takers, that is, those with no personal exposure, exerted so much control.
Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.
You find peace by coming to terms with what you don't know.
An elephant is vastly more efficient, metabolically, than a mouse. It's the same for a megacity as opposed to a village. But an elephant can break a leg very easily, whereas you can toss a mouse out of a window and it'll be fine. Size makes you fragile.