Widespread caffeine use explains a lot about the twentieth century.

Widespread caffeine use explains a lot about the twentieth century.

There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.

There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.

Cultures contain many cues and inducements to dissuade the individual from approaching ultimate limits, in much the same way that read more

Cultures contain many cues and inducements to dissuade the individual from approaching ultimate limits, in much the same way that a special warning strip of land around the edge of a baseball field lets a player know that he is about to run into a concrete wall when he is preoccupied with catching the ball. The wider that strip of land and the more sensitive the player is to the changing composition of the ground under his feet as he pursues the ball, the more effective the warning. Romanticizing or lionizing as "individualistic" those people who disregard social cues and inducements increases the danger of head-on collisions with inherent social limits. Decrying various forms of social disapproval is in effect narrowing the warning strip.

I'd rather be dead than cool.

I'd rather be dead than cool.

The reason teaching has to go on is that children are not born human; they are made so.

The reason teaching has to go on is that children are not born human; they are made so.

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail

If everything's under control, you're going too slow.

If everything's under control, you're going too slow.

You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars.

You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars.

The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting read more

The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting the rest, is a visionary unsuited to control the business of the world.