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.

Information wants to be free, because the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower all the time.

You own your own words, unless they contain information. In which case they belong to no one.

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

Redefine the possible.

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

When a generation talks just to itself, it becomes more filled with folly than it might have otherwise.