"Writing is a way to make sense of our hopes."

The most profound truths are often the ones we deny.

You have to figure out what your own aptitudes are. If you play games where other people have the aptitudes and you don’t, you’re going to lose. And that’s as close to certain as any prediction that you can make. You have to figure out where you’ve got an edge. And you’ve got to play within your own circle of competence.

风险来自于不知道自己在做什么。

没有充足的食物供应，今天所知道的文明就不可能进化，也不可能生存。