“When we change the way we communicate, we change society”

“Tragedy of the Commons: while each person can agree that all would benefit from common restraint, the incentives of the individuals are arrayed against that outcome.”

“The centrality of group effort to human life means that anything that changes the way groups function will have profound ramifications for everything from commerce and government to media and relig...”

“[N]ew technology enables new kinds of group-forming.”

“Unlike sharing, where the group is mainly an aggregate of participants, cooperating creates group identity.”

“[B]ecause the minimum costs of being an organization in the first place are relatively high, certain activities may have some value but not enough to make them worth pursuing in any organized way. ...”

“You should not confuse your career with your life.”

“The grandeur of a profession is...above all, uniting men: there is only one true luxury, that of human relationships.”

“Architecture is not a profession for the faint-hearted, the weak-willed, or the short-lived.”

“War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up some failure on the part of the adults.”

“War is the echo that never dies. No society strives for war, they are always tricked into it.”

“How can our words ever truly be our own? Since we started growing all we've been taught is to care how we represent our persona and how we should communicate appropriately and how we portrait ourse...”