One of the first things taught in introductory statistics textbooks is that correlation is not causation. It is also one of the first things forgotten.

Innovation is the soul of an enterprise; without innovation, there is no future.

创新不仅仅是技术，而是不同的思维方式。

We are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each moment, plays its own game.

In a globalized world, localized thinking is fatal.

解读：人生起点、境遇常非自主选择，既然无法更改出身等既定事实，那就积极应对，凭借自身努力在既有条件下创造精彩，发挥主观能动性。