José Sáenz

“Things are not for other things,” the Chief Librarian said. “They are neither good nor bad. They just are. That is what we record here. The things that are.” “That’s not even a robot viewpoint,” the Wonk argued. “Ask Uncharles here. Things are either on his task list or not, working towards his goals or not. You can’t just break the world down into disarticulated facts.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Service Model

“With discovery-driven growth (DDG), you invest small amounts of money—money you can afford to lose—to get the information that you need so that you can invest more confidently.”
― Rita Gunther McGrath, Discovery-Driven Growth: A Breakthrough Process to Reduce Risk and Seize Opportunity

“Meaningful work, creative work, thoughtful work, important work—this type of effort takes stretches of uninterrupted time to get into the zone. But in the modern office such long stretches just can’t be found. Instead, it’s just one interruption after another.”
― Jason Fried, Remote: Office Not Required

“Are you under the impression that the object of everyone else’s love actually exists?”
― Liu Cixin, Remembrance of Earth's Past: The Three-Body Trilogy