Jeff Sullivan

“The Principle of Optimism
All evils are caused by insufficient knowledge.”
― David Deutsch, The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World

“Because even if the universe is lifespan is calculable, the variety of life that is generated within it is not. The buildings we have erected, the art and music and verse we have composed, the very lives we’ve led: none of them could have been predicted, because none of them was inevitable. Our universe might have slid into equilibrium admitting nothing more than a quiet hiss. The fact that it spawned such plenitude is a miracle, one that is matched only by your universe giving rise to you.
Though I am long dead as you read this, explorer, I offer to you a valediction. Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so. I feel I have the right to tell you this because, as I am inscribing these words, I am doing the same.” (56-57)”
― Ted Chiang, Exhalation

“Distinguishing social consensus from truth is really important because they’re not the same.”
― Eric Jorgenson, The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future

“Could it be that the moral imperative not to destroy the means of correcting mistakes is the only moral imperative?”
― David Deutsch, The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World