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

No matter how expert you may be, well-designed checklists can improve outcomes.

When people don’t pay the true cost of something, they tend to consume it inefficiently.

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

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.

Morality, it could be argued, represents the way that people would like the world to work, wheareas economics represents how it actually does work.

Purity is a good mask for corruption because it discourages inquiry.