"The prize for doing great work is that you get to do more of it."

The point of Bayesian decision theory is to help make a decision. Or, more accurately, to describe the optimal way of making a decision, given uncertainty about the outcome.

My biggest issue with tools like Delphi that promise to help creators scale their time infinitely is that most people aren’t lacking information or insight. They are lacking the peer support, accountability, and belief capital needed to put the knowledge into action.

Like Om said: "Bumper sticker" gurus being automated means even more performative v

Sublimity refers to a certain type of elevated language that strikes its listener with the mighty and irresistible power of a thunderbolt. A sublime passage can be heard again and again with equal pleasure.

"the question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim."

- edsger dijkstra

One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.

Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.

When it comes to the quality of our thoughts and judgments, the amount of information a communication medium supplies is less important than the way the medium presents the information and the way, in turn, our minds take it in. The brain's capacity is not unlimited. The passageway from perception to understanding is narrow. It takes patience and c

Human life is not a competition in which everyone places somewhere between one to eight billion. That’s because each person has different capacities, aims, relationships, projects and identities. These are all relevant to deciding what a good life is for them.

- NYT magazine, The Ethicist, Kwame Anthony Appiah