“Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth.”

“It's hard to decide who's truly brilliant; it's easier to see who's driven, which in the long run may be more important.”

“We live in a world of frightful givens. It is given that you will behave like this, given that you will care about that. No one thinks about the givens. Isn't it amazing? In the information society, nobody thinks. We expected to banish paper, but we actually banished thought.”

“Nobody smart knows what they want to do until they get into their twenties or thirties.”

“In the information society, nobody thinks. We expected to banish paper, but we actually banished thought.”

“I would remind you to notice where the claim of consensus is invoked. Consensus is invoked only in situations where the science is not solid enough. Nobody says the consensus of scientists agrees that E=mc2. Nobody says the consensus is that the sun is 93 million miles away. It would never occur to anyone to speak that way.”

“Nobody dares to solve the problems-because the solution might contradict your philosophy, and for most people clinging to beliefs is more important than succeeding in the world.”