Antes del barco, el mar es un límite. Después del barco, el mar es un universo de posibilidades

I tried to build a model of the economy that would be like a big engineering machine that I could manipulate or understand which levers led to which flows of this or that. That was a fool’s game

Quality time demands quantity time

Si matas a una cucaracha eres un héroe. Si matas una mariposa eres malo. La moral tiene criterios estéticos

El verdadero problema de la humanidad es el siguiente: tenemos emociones del paleolítico, instituciones medievales y tecnología propia de un dios

Es fácil vivir con los ojos cerrados, malinterpretando todo lo que ves

The world is a very malleable place. If you know what you want, and you go for it with maximum energy and drive and passion, the world will often reconfigure itself around you much more quickly and easily than you would think.

When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.

Systems of power exist because participants act as if they exist. Perception is reality.

Para estar totalmente seguro de algo, uno debe saber o todo o nada sobre el tema