People who acquire things beyond their usefulness not only will derive little or no marginal gains from these acquisitions, but they also will experience negative consequences, as with any form of gluttony.

The pain of problems is a call to find solutions rather than a reason for unhappiness and inaction, so it's silly, pointless, and harmful to be upset at the problems and choices that come at you (though it’s understandable).

An economy is not a complicated thing; it just has a lot of moving parts.

Some people seek to understand, and some people seek to portray what they want to portray.

Forget about what the technology is. Just understand the motivation behind it.

More than anything else, what differentiates people who live up to their potential from those who don't is a willingness to look at themselves and others objectively

We don't know what truth is anymore. You or other media people can say there's no problem, but you're losing your credibility. There's distortion, and it's hurting our society. And as a result of that, there will be forces that, one way or another, are going to naturally bring that into equilibrium.