The urgent finds you; you have to find the important. Importance is not fast. It is slow. It is not superficial. It is deep. And as a result, it's extremely powerful. When important matters go wrong, they undermine everything. When they go right, they sustain everything.

When the government tries to run innovation, sometimes it does it well and sometimes it doesn't. So setting up a situation where the market runs innovation, which is a cap-and-trade idea, may well have more flexibility.

Redefine the possible.

Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road.

The point is to explore whatever may be helpful for thinking, understanding, and acting responsibly over long periods of time.

A library doesn't need windows. A library is a window.

The amusements of broadcast consist mainly of songs, stories, and games, just as in tribal life. The songs and stories are mostly about courtship, the games mostly played by men, just as in tribal life.