The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into space-each discovered, studied, and remembered by the ones who made the irrational decision.

Our brains have just one scale, and we resize our experiences to fit.

If 'other people have experiences incorrectly' is annoying to you, think how unbearable it must be to have a condescending stranger tell you they hate the way you're experiencing your life at just the moment you've found something you want to remember.

The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into space-each discovered, studied, and remembered by the ones who made the irrational decision.

The scholarly authorities on freezing to death seem to be, unsurprisingly, Canadians.

I never trust anyone who's more excited about success than about doing the thing they want to be successful at.

Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize its the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the world?