“In that instant they felt an overwhelming sense of pride and accomplishment. Though they had failed dismally even to come... more

“The amount of human attention in the world is finite. We have 24 hours in the day, some of which... more

“I could hardly form the words. My mouth wasn’t working. My heart hammered in my ears and pins and needles... more

“If the war was to be over by Christmas, as many believed, or at the latest by Easter 1915, tens... more

"The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or of... more

"But if science tells you that something’s impossible, and it happens anyway, it means one of two things. Either the... more

"We’ve never had a generation more focused on its feelings and, frankly, not one more tyrannized by their feelings.” Welcome... more

“I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one. . . . Humans are caught—in their... more

"All the facts of science aren't enough to understand the world's meaning. For this, you must step outside the world."... more

"Oozification is the process of recursively replacing systems based on numerous larger building blocks, governed by many rules, with ones... more