“Throughout history, intellectual life has been marked by the fact that only a small number of people have done the serious thinking for everybody else.”Tagged: Against Mediocrity, History
“Throughout history, intellectual life has been marked by the fact that only a small number of people have done the serious thinking for everybody else.”Tagged: Thinking, History, The Herd Does Nothing
“What drives me is the idea of exalting ideas.”Tagged: My Philosophy, Ideas, The World of Ideas, Thomas Carlyle
“If I attempted to describe myself, it would end in awkwardness, confusion, and contradiction.”Tagged: biography, Describing Yourself, If I Contradict Myself (So What?)
“I like to keep changing the subject, mainly to entertain and to surprise myself.”Tagged: Random, ADD, talking
“How is the internet changing the way you think?”Tagged: Thoughtful Questions, Questions to Stimulate Thought, Intellectual Questions, List of Edge Foundation's Annual Questions, Edge Question of 2010
“What will change everything?”Tagged: Thoughtful Questions, Questions to Stimulate Thought, Intellectual Questions
“What have you changed your mind about?”Tagged: Thoughtful Questions, Questions to Stimulate Thought, Intellectual Questions
“What is your dangerous idea?”Tagged: Thoughtful Questions, Questions to Stimulate Thought, Intellectual Questions
“What do you believe even though you cannot prove it?”Tagged: Thoughtful Questions, Questions to Stimulate Thought, Intellectual Questions
“What is your favorite deep, elegant or beautiful explanation?”Tagged: List of Edge Foundation's Annual Questions, Interesting Questions
“What are the pressing scientific issues for the nation and the world, and what is your advice on how I can begin to deal with them?”Tagged: Thoughtful Questions, Science Questions, List of Edge Foundation's Annual Questions, Edge Question of 2003