I believe that the totemic image for the future is the octopus. This is because the squids and octopi have perfected a form of communication that is both psychedelic and telepathic; a model for the human communications of the future. In the not-too-distant future men and women may shed the monkey body to become virtual octopi swimming in a silicon sea.

And what is the primary datum? It's the felt presence of immediate experience. In other words, being here now is the primary datum.

Matter is simply a concept. The world is made of language.

In the way that the 15th Century discovered the New World, the 20th Century discovered the parallel continuum.

Nobody is smarter than you are. And what if they are? What good is their understanding doing you?

National governments are under paid, under staffed, and under talented.

We are led by the least among us - the least intelligent, the least noble, the least visionary.