Most mistakes get worse when you try to correct them.

The dream of having computers behave like humans is coming true, with the transformation, in a single generation, of humans into computers.

Much of the difference between what is heaven and what is hell is branding.

The first one who uses "but", has lost the argument.

The main reason to go to school is to learn *how not* to think like a professor.

It is a very powerful manipulation to let others win the small battles.

People feel totally lost (& deep anxiety) finding out that someone they held for stupid is actually more intelligent than they are.

The modern hypocrite gives the designation "respect" to what is nothing but fear of the powerful.

Automation makes otherwise pleasant activities turn into "work".

We invented language to be vague, if you can sort of see what I mean.

For life to be really fun, what you fear should line up with what you desire.

We tend to define "rude" less by the words used (what is said) than by the status of the recipient (to whom it is addressed).

It is not possible to have fun when you try.

When someone writes "I dislike you but I agree with you", I read "I dislike you because I agree with you."

Life is about execution rather than purpose.

Then the agitation starts to make sense.

Paganism is decentralized theology.

The ancient Mediterranean : before monotheism, people changed and exchanged rites and gods as we do with ethnic food.

The ultimate freedom lies in not having to explain "why" you did something.

For an honest man, freedom requires having no friends; and, one step above, sainthood requires having no family.