An educated mind is practiced in the uses of reason, which inevitably leads to a skeptical outlook.

Remember: in order for a perception to change one must be frustrated in one's actions or change one's purpose.

Because he did not have time to read every new book in his field, the great Polish anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski used a simple and efficient method of deciding which ones were worth his attention: Upon receiving a new book, he immediately checked the index to see if his name was cited, and how often. The more "Malinowski" the more compelling the book. No "Malinowski", and he doubted the subject of the book was anthropology at all.

An educated mind is practiced in the uses of reason, which inevitably leads to a skeptical outlook.

A definition is the start of an argument, not the end of one.

You can only photograph a fragment of the here and now. The photograph presents the world as object; language, the world as idea.

I don't think any of us can do much about the rapid growth of new technology. A new technology helps to fuel the economy, and any discussion of slowing its growth has to take account of economic consequences. However, it is possible for us to learn how to control our own uses of technology.