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so we choose to remain stagnant, comfortable, and ignorant.”
“From the written word to sailing vessels, technology increases interconnectedness, helping to boost its own flow and spread. Each wave hence lays the groundwork for successive waves.”
― The Coming Wave: AI, Power, and Our Future
― The Coming Wave: AI, Power, and Our Future
“But one thing I’m sure of: My education really began that day in Nassau Hall. Dean Root freed me to get on with my life. Learning”
― Writing to Learn: How to Write--And Think--Clearly about Any Subject at All
― Writing to Learn: How to Write--And Think--Clearly about Any Subject at All
“Liberty means self-reliance, it means resolution, it means enterprise, it means the capacity for doing without.”
― Notes on Democracy
― Notes on Democracy
“Britain could become the first country in modern history to transition from a developed nation to an underdeveloped one.”
― When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm
― When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm
“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
― Macbeth
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
― Macbeth
NonFiction Pulitzers
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