If I had to pick one quality that best predicts success (other than wanting to be successful) it would be the willingness to risk embarrassment.

I'm predicting that we'll finally have a computer will search my e-mail automatically and delete every message that begins with 'thought you'd be interested,' and then give an electrical shock to the sender to remind him or her to stop send that kind of message.

Dinosaur: I plan to use punctuated equilibrium to turn this zit into a third eye. Catbert: That's not a natural advantage. You'd better stay away from the fitter dinosaurs.

We expect others to act rationally even though we are irrational.

I discovered what I call the Bill Gates effect. That is, the more successful you are, the uglier you get.

Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.

Recently I quit caffeine. My doctor seems to think that 17 Diet Cokes per day is too much. In case you ever consider getting off caffeine yourself, let me explain the process. You begin by sitting motionlessly in a desk chair. Then you just keep doing that forever because life has no meaning.