The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.

Long-termism isn't repeating one big right thing, but persistently improving small things.

Writing is a way of making sense of the chaos.

"You don't write because you want to say something; you write because you've got something to say."

The power of abstraction is that it allows us to ignore irrelevant details and focus on the essential aspects of a problem.