To be successful, we need everyone to think independently and work through disagreement to decide what's best.

When two intelligent parties disagree, that's when the potential for learning and moving ahead begins.

I think the basic problem is that everybody thinks they know what the truth is, and sometimes they're even distorting the truth to make their arguments.

The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you'll be.

For me, the best things in life - meaningful work, meaningful relationships, interesting experiences, good food, sleep, music, ideas, sex, and other basic needs and pleasures - are not, past a certain point, materially improved upon by having a lot of money.

Look at what caused people to make a lot of money and you will see that usually it is in proportion to their production of what the society wanted.

We don't have ways of resolving the arguments in idea meritocratic way.