Information is a beacon, a cudgel, an olive branch, a deterrent--all depending on who wields it and how.

Data, I think, is one of the most powerful mechanisms for telling stories. I take a huge pile of data and I try to get it to tell stories.

Scarcity is a captivating book, overflowing with new ideas, fantastic stories, and simple suggestions that just might change the way you live.

Levitt admits to having the reading interests of a tweener girl, the Twilight series and Harry Potter in particular.

The gulf between the information we proclaim & the information we know to be true is vast. In other words: we say one thing & do another.

I do think that the standard media is controlled by the conventional wisdom about global warming. We've come to believe - from reading a lot of articles and talking to a lot of scientists - that there's another side to be heard.

The conventional wisdom is often wrong.