“What did our mothers teach us? Treat others as you want to be treated. Excellent advice and very well intentioned. And it works, too—as long as everyone is just like you.”
― Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behavior and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business
― Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behavior and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business
“Silicon chips can create spies that never sleep, financiers that never forget, and despots that never die.”
― Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
― Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
“History isn’t the study of the past; it is the study of change. History teaches us what remains the same, what changes, and how things change.”
― Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
― Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
“Contrary to what the naive view believes, Homo sapiens didn’t conquer the world because we are talented at turning information into an accurate map of reality. Rather, the secret of our success is that we are talented at using information to connect lots of individuals. Unfortunately, this ability often goes hand in hand with believing in lies, errors, and fantasies.”
― Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
― Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
“In an increasingly distractible world, we’re slowly losing the ability to sit with our thoughts and experiences. When our inner self becomes foreign, we become hyperreactive to anything it says.”
― Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
― Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
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